California High Speed Rail Buzz

Lot’s of talk these days on the web about California High Speed Rail. Probably prompted by the reluctance of our governor to support it and by the fact that the Convention of the California Democratic Party approved a resolution pushing the project forward. Well, the real test of that will be in the forthcoming budget deliberations in the legislature - there, we will see whether the Democrats really support it and push through full funding of the CHSR Authority for the next fiscal year.

Some selected articles/blog posts:

Believe in the bullet train - an editorial in the Los Angeles Times, basically arguing that at the very least, the voters should get a chance to decide what they want (read: keep the bonds on the 2006 ballot)
Why Is Arnold Trying to Terminate High Speed Rail? - a very good article on Daily Kos that gives an excellent summary on the project and tries to spread the word and get people to write to their legislators, voicing their support.
Fast Trains There; Dreams of Fast Trains Here - blog post on Modeshift, saying that more highways is not the way to go and will not provide the needed congestion relief. High Speed Rail is the way to go for this country and California should lead the way.
Save California High Speed Rail - a new blog advocating for High Speed Rail in California

Also, for all you advocates out there, it looks like a critical hearing will take place next Thursday, May 10th, the Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 4 will be holding a hearing to discuss the California High Speed Rail Authority’s budget - the hearing will be held (tentatively) at 10am in Room 112. If you can, go over there and make yourself heard!

Posted in: Uncategorized | May 2, 2007 10:02 pm

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(California) High Speed Rail needs your support now | TrainBlog, on May 4, 2007 @ 8:19 am

[…] As I’ve mentioned before, a critical hearing will take place this coming Thursday, May 10. If you can and if you care, please help out and contact the Governor and the below mentioned legislators. If you care even more and have nothing better to do next Thursday, go to Sacramento! Thanks. While Gov. Schwarzenegger has been touting his “green” credentials, it appears that his administration is trying to kill high-speed rail. And with a tight budget situation in Sacramento this year many legislators are not yet committed to supporting funding for HSR. […]

Bill Dawson, on May 11, 2007 @ 9:39 am

What happened at the hearing yesterday (Thursday, 5/10/07) at the Senate Budget Committee?

Jim Boren, on May 12, 2007 @ 12:33 pm

Here’s the governor’s position on high-speed rail as published in a commentary in The Fresno Bee. . . http://www.fresnobee.com/287/story/45687.html

tarique, on May 13, 2007 @ 1:18 am

If CA wants to crate a the economy of the future we must fund the high speed rail way. It will create many jobs and the development of green real estate communities.