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Time to Reassess: California High Speed Rail 2018 Draft Business Plan 0
- CHSRA Accountability, CHSRA Funding
- March 19, 2018
To be frank, this newest draft plan does not demonstrate that the Authority is on the right path to build the High-Speed Rail system. It does not execute what 52.6% of the public agreed to in November 2008. In addition there has been a significant increase in cost. The 2016 plan’s capital cost was estimatedREAD MORE
The Bipartisan Audit: A view post publication of the 2018 Draft Plan 0
- CHSRA Accountability
- March 19, 2018
An audit of the high-speed rail was approved at the end of January. A big deal was made of its bi-partisan approach but fact is it’s a smoke screen. The 48-minute video of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee meeting. What the audit will not examine is the elephant in the room. They are not goingREAD MORE
Caltrain rejected for grant: Silver lining?0
- CHSRA Funding
- February 27, 2017
Caltrain is a passenger rail service stretching from Santa Clara county to downtown San Francisco, specifically the 4th and King station near the baseball field, not the Transbay Terminal. The Caltrain organization was in line to receive $647 million dollars to help pay for a $2 billion-dollar electrification project. Unfortunately, it was caught in theREAD MORE

Funding Hurdles on Bullet train: Editorial on Governor Brown’s actions 0
- CA HSR Legislation
- July 6, 2016
Prop 1A state bond funds for high-speed rail construction were originally set at $9 billion and now they have approximately $8 billion left after deducting for administrative expenses and planning. The Rail Authority is currently blocked from spending any bond funds on construction since the Authority has not fulfilled the requirements of Prop 1A,READ MORE
CA Legislators’ Art of Making Sausage: Bill AB1889 0
- CA HSR Legislation
- July 6, 2016
The art of making of sausage: The questionable way California’s Legislators move bills forward Late last month the California Senate Transportation and Housing committee approved Bill AB1889 clearing the way for it to move forward, next to the Appropriations committee for approval before the bill travels to the Legislature for a vote that would change PropREAD MORE
Show me the money CHSRA 0
- CHSRA Funding
- May 29, 2016
A race to spend the money, not to build a High-Speed Rail System. The latest news is other than the remaining federal funds, the primary source of “continuous revenue” was to come from cap-and-trade auction proceeds. The Authority was warned of the many dangers of relying on these funds and those fears have come homeREAD MORE