'Train to nowhere' is leaving depot
Editorial Board - 12/04/2010
Travel in 220 mph luxury from the San Joaquin Valley prison town of Corcoran to the even more obscure burg of Borden?
Editorial Board - 12/04/2010
Travel in 220 mph luxury from the San Joaquin Valley prison town of Corcoran to the even more obscure burg of Borden?
HSR project shaping up to be a ghost train
Ken Garcia - 12/04/2010
Leave it to some of our state transit officials handling California's bullet train dream to show the public exactly what it means to be railroaded.
Ken Garcia - 12/04/2010
Leave it to some of our state transit officials handling California's bullet train dream to show the public exactly what it means to be railroaded.
Plan B: conventional trains use HSR track
John Cox - 12/04/2010
Just in case the skeptics are right and high-speed rail never fully materializes in California, project officials are discussing a back-up plan with Amtrak, BNSF Railway Co. and Caltrans that would still attempt to shorten passenger train travel times along the initial, 65-mile Central Valley segment approved Thursday.
John Cox - 12/04/2010
Just in case the skeptics are right and high-speed rail never fully materializes in California, project officials are discussing a back-up plan with Amtrak, BNSF Railway Co. and Caltrans that would still attempt to shorten passenger train travel times along the initial, 65-mile Central Valley segment approved Thursday.
HSR bows to U.S. pressure
Colin Sullivan - 12/03/2010
California officials yesterday selected a 65-mile stretch in the heart of the Central Valley as the starting point for construction of a electrified rail line that might someday connect Los Angeles and San Francisco with a bullet train capable of topping 200 miles per hour.
Colin Sullivan - 12/03/2010
California officials yesterday selected a 65-mile stretch in the heart of the Central Valley as the starting point for construction of a electrified rail line that might someday connect Los Angeles and San Francisco with a bullet train capable of topping 200 miles per hour.
Officials OK first part of HSR plan
Gerald Carroll - 12/03/2010
California high-speed rail officials have approved a proposal to build the first segment of the state's high-speed rail line in the Central Valley.
Gerald Carroll - 12/03/2010
California high-speed rail officials have approved a proposal to build the first segment of the state's high-speed rail line in the Central Valley.
California OKs $4.15B for HSR
Philip Klein - 12/03/2010
On Thursday, the California High Speed Rail Authority board unanimously approved the 65-mile "train to nowhere" that would link two tiny towns at a cost of $4.15 billion, all because the state didn't want to lose $2 billion in federal stimulus funds.
Philip Klein - 12/03/2010
On Thursday, the California High Speed Rail Authority board unanimously approved the 65-mile "train to nowhere" that would link two tiny towns at a cost of $4.15 billion, all because the state didn't want to lose $2 billion in federal stimulus funds.
New study sharply criticizes HSR project
Staff - 12/03/2010
California's high-speed rail project has been sharply criticized in recent months by the Legislature, by the Legislature's budget analyst, and by the University of California's Institute of Transportation Studies.
Staff - 12/03/2010
California's high-speed rail project has been sharply criticized in recent months by the Legislature, by the Legislature's budget analyst, and by the University of California's Institute of Transportation Studies.
First section of high speed rail approved
Staff - 12/02/2010
Critics call it a train to nowhere. On Thursday, the California High Speed Rail Authority gave the green light to the first section of track to be built in the central valley.
Staff - 12/02/2010
Critics call it a train to nowhere. On Thursday, the California High Speed Rail Authority gave the green light to the first section of track to be built in the central valley.
83,000 Jobs for the Central Valley
Rebecca Phillips - 12/02/2010
A decision from California's High Speed Rail Authority Board meeting has the potential to reduce Fresno County's unemployment rate which is now greater than 15%.
Rebecca Phillips - 12/02/2010
A decision from California's High Speed Rail Authority Board meeting has the potential to reduce Fresno County's unemployment rate which is now greater than 15%.
Area office-holders can't serve on HSR panel
Rich Connell - 12/02/2010
The state attorney general has concluded that the mayor of Anaheim and members of the Los Angeles County and Orange County transportation boards may not serve simultaneously on California's High-Speed Rail Authority board.
Rich Connell - 12/02/2010
The state attorney general has concluded that the mayor of Anaheim and members of the Los Angeles County and Orange County transportation boards may not serve simultaneously on California's High-Speed Rail Authority board.
Build HSR in logical area - or not at all
Editorial Board - 12/02/2010
The proposal to build the first segment of California's high-speed rail line between two small valley communities - in or near one place that doesn't even want it - leads us to say this: Stop the madness.
Editorial Board - 12/02/2010
The proposal to build the first segment of California's high-speed rail line between two small valley communities - in or near one place that doesn't even want it - leads us to say this: Stop the madness.
Tone-deaf HSR authority must tinker with plan
Editorial Board - 12/02/2010
California's High-Speed Rail Authority is at least consistent. Given any opportunity to score a success, the tone-deaf management finds a way to make people mad.
Editorial Board - 12/02/2010
California's High-Speed Rail Authority is at least consistent. Given any opportunity to score a success, the tone-deaf management finds a way to make people mad.
Jerry Brown says Curt Pringle in conflict
Matt Coker - 12/02/2010
Poor Curt Pringle: Termed out as Anaheim's mayor, no longer in demand as a Howdy Doody impersonator and now this: A second state legal authority has found it is a conflict for him to serve on the boards of the Orange County Transportation AND California High-Speed Rail Authority simultaneously.
Matt Coker - 12/02/2010
Poor Curt Pringle: Termed out as Anaheim's mayor, no longer in demand as a Howdy Doody impersonator and now this: A second state legal authority has found it is a conflict for him to serve on the boards of the Orange County Transportation AND California High-Speed Rail Authority simultaneously.
Ruling shakes up high-speed rail leadership
Bill Silverfarb - 12/02/2010
California Attorney General Jerry Brown has ruled California High-Speed Rail Authority Chairman Curt Pringle holds "incompatible" offices by also sitting on the Orange County Transportation Authority.
Bill Silverfarb - 12/02/2010
California Attorney General Jerry Brown has ruled California High-Speed Rail Authority Chairman Curt Pringle holds "incompatible" offices by also sitting on the Orange County Transportation Authority.
Let public in on meeting with HSR CEO
Craig Gartman - 12/02/2010
About two years ago, Gilroy put into motion an Open Government Ordinance aka "The Sunshine Ordinance" it reads:
Craig Gartman - 12/02/2010
About two years ago, Gilroy put into motion an Open Government Ordinance aka "The Sunshine Ordinance" it reads:
High-speed rail construction plan OK'd
Staff - 12/02/2010
The California High-Speed Rail Authority Board voted as expected Thursday to begin construction of the system on a route between the Madera County hamlet of Borden and Corcoran, about 65 miles to the south.
Staff - 12/02/2010
The California High-Speed Rail Authority Board voted as expected Thursday to begin construction of the system on a route between the Madera County hamlet of Borden and Corcoran, about 65 miles to the south.
Belmont to draft letter to HSR Authority
Austin Walsh - 12/02/2010
The Belmont High Speed Rail Ad-Hoc Committee decided on Tuesday night to draft a letter to Governor-Elect Jerry Brown and California High Speed Rail Authority CEO Roelof van Ark stating the city's case for the rail to be done right.
Austin Walsh - 12/02/2010
The Belmont High Speed Rail Ad-Hoc Committee decided on Tuesday night to draft a letter to Governor-Elect Jerry Brown and California High Speed Rail Authority CEO Roelof van Ark stating the city's case for the rail to be done right.
Don't go 'nowhere' at high speed
Anthony Cannella, Bill Sprigs, Jim Ridenour, John Lazar, Ann Johnston - 12/02/2010
California is challenged with building a technological wonder rivaling the economic and social impacts of the Transcontinental Railroad. Instead, the California High-Speed Rail Authority appears set on building a rail line to nowhere that only provides critics with 66.4 miles worth of reasons to attack the project.
Anthony Cannella, Bill Sprigs, Jim Ridenour, John Lazar, Ann Johnston - 12/02/2010
California is challenged with building a technological wonder rivaling the economic and social impacts of the Transcontinental Railroad. Instead, the California High-Speed Rail Authority appears set on building a rail line to nowhere that only provides critics with 66.4 miles worth of reasons to attack the project.
HSR votes for Borden-Corcoran first leg
John Cox - 12/02/2010
Rejecting a growing tide of criticism in favor of engineering and funding concerns, the California High-Speed Rail Authority's board of directors voted unanimously Thursday to kick off construction of the project with a $4.15 billion, 65-mile segment that straddles Fresno but stops well before reaching Kern County.
John Cox - 12/02/2010
Rejecting a growing tide of criticism in favor of engineering and funding concerns, the California High-Speed Rail Authority's board of directors voted unanimously Thursday to kick off construction of the project with a $4.15 billion, 65-mile segment that straddles Fresno but stops well before reaching Kern County.
Central Valley gets first bullet train
Nannette Miranda - 12/02/2010
The Bay Area will not be getting the first leg of the controversial 800-mile long bullet train, that, years from now, is supposed to run from Sacramento to San Diego. The High Speed Rail Authority awarded the first 65 mile segment to the central valley.
Nannette Miranda - 12/02/2010
The Bay Area will not be getting the first leg of the controversial 800-mile long bullet train, that, years from now, is supposed to run from Sacramento to San Diego. The High Speed Rail Authority awarded the first 65 mile segment to the central valley.