Calif. bullet train moves forward, judge denies farmers' plea to halt project
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California's $69 billion bullet train will continue zooming toward a groundbreaking next year after a judge on Friday denied a last-ditch request from Central Valley opponents to halt all work on the state's high speed rail project.www.kansascity.com
Letters: Second thoughts on California's bullet train
But what really caught my eye was the line that reads: "Fully operational, the bullet train will need an estimated 2.7 kilowatt hours of electricity every day - about a quarter of Hoover Dam's daily output.www.latimes.com
A Short Stretch Of California's Bullet Train Is 'The Project Of The Century'
An early stage of California's plan to build a network of high speed trains faces engineering challenges that will make it the "project of the century," UC Berkeley civil engineering professor Bill Ibbs says.www.businessinsider.com
Calif. bullet train route will be engineering feat
LOS ANGELES—A bullet train linking Northern and Southern California will be an audacious engineering feat because the line must cross two mountain ranges and a half-dozen earthquake faults, experts said.www.mercurynews.com
Bullet-train planners face huge engineering challenge
A plan as audacious in the 21st century as Hood's was in the 19th century is taking shape on the drawing boards of California's bullet train planners. The crossing of not only the Tehachapi Mountains but the San Gabriel Mountains is seizing the ...www.latimes.com
TN MOVING STORIES: California Bullet Train Schedule Pushed Back, Gondolas ...
Nissan's CEO finally admitted the automaker will not meet its sales target for its all-electric Leaf. (Detroit News). California's High-Speed Rail Authority is adding 12 months to the construction schedule for 130 miles of track in the Central Valley ...transportationnation.org
State Senate candidates travel separate tracks on bullet train
Galgiani's campaign is touting that she authored the legislation that put the California High-Speed Train Bond Act of 2008 on the ballot, where voters approved the project.latimesblogs.latimes.com
California Choice Between Taxes or Schools No Bluff, Brown Says
We don't need high-speed rail." Brown received authorization from the Legislature in July to spend $4.75 billion from bonds sold for the purpose of beginning construction of a bullet-train system to link San Francisco with Los Angeles. California will ...www.oregonlive.com
In California's Central Valley, farmers fight in their fields and court to ...
While Central Valley construction workers are eager for the high-speed train to come to town, a vocal anti-bullet train sentiment has spread across the farmlands of small, conservative Madera County, which now stands as the last barrier in the path of ...www.mercurynews.com
Los Angeles Local News, Weather, and TrafficHigh-Speed Rail: Could It Lose ...
We've been covering the controversy over California's multi-billion dollar bullet train project. Now we've learned that delays may be putting the entire project in jeopardy of losing its federal funding.www.myfoxla.com
High-speed rail construction schedule pushed back
The California High-Speed Rail Authority has pushed back the deadline to finish the first stages of the bullet train system in the central San Joaquin Valley. The authority is now saying in bidding documents being considered by contractors that it has ...www.fresnobee.com
Our View: Privatize post office, Amtrak
This is vital as the California High-Speed Rail Authority prepares to start laying down track for a bullet train that strikes us, and many others, as folly.www.appeal-democrat.com
Mind your sign language
Then, instead of routing the HSR track along the relatively depopulated west side of the Central Valley where land acquisition costs would have been low, the California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) chose to run the train parallel to existing track ...www.economist.com
Judge denies injunction to halt high-speed-rail
SACRAMENTO, CA - The future of California's controversial 800-mile, $68 billion dollar High Speed Rail Project hinges on the outcome of a lawsuit filed by farmers, water districts and other interests in the Central Valley.www.news10.net
High-speed Chicago to St. Louis train hits 111 mph
A new generation of bi-level passenger cars for Amtrak's Midwest and California corridors is slated to be built at an Illinois plant operated by the U.S.www.cbsnews.com
Learning From California: Don't Hike Taxes On The Rich
Brown has promised he won't waste any of voters' hard-earned cash, but voters shouldn't take that seriously as it's coming from a man who wants to spend $68 billion for a high-speed rail that critics have called a "bullet train to nowhere." Which, by ...www.ibtimes.com
The Other California Tax Grab
Last year Governor Jerry Brown suggested using the gusher to finance his bullet train, which is a mere $50 billion to $90 billion short.online.wsj.com
California Gov. Jerry Brown clear to embark on more visionary policy
High-speed rail: With President Barack Obama's re-election, Brown expressed hope in stepping up construction of the first stages of the $69 billion bullet train. Water: Brown hopes to work with environmentalists, Southern California farming interests ...www.mercurynews.com
Stockton Rail Facility Gets $11 Million Boost From State
California state transportation officials allocated nearly $11 million in high-speed rail funds this week to shore up the infrastructure for existing passenger rail service passing through Stockton to other points in Northern California. Approved by ...www.hispanicbusiness.com
Prop 30 passage means no furlough days for Pleasanton teachers, staff
Moonbeam Brown said that Proposition 30 will let California COMPLETE IT'S VISION! Things included in the vision that Prop.www.pleasantonweekly.com
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