December Will Be A Big Month for HSR
After a quiet week on the HSR news front, December is starting off with a lot of HSR news from around the state and the country. Here are some of the key stories: The New York Times wonders why there...
View ArticleBuilding Lasting Economic Recovery Through High Speed Rail
Today I’m going to be in Sacramento for the California Labor Federation’s Economic Recovery Summit. The agenda includes discussions about creating jobs that can provide lasting economic recovery,...
View ArticleUS-Based HSR Supply Chain Comes Together
Last week I wrote about how HSR train manufacturing could provide a long-term boost to California’s economy. On Friday we received news that the federal government, along with the states of California...
View ArticleChina’s HSR Marshall Plan For California?
In what is a natural follow-up to the post on the 2009 Business Plan revision from earlier this week, which after all is intended to entice private investment, the San Jose Mercury News is reporting on...
View ArticleNew CHSRA CEO To Be Announced
The new CHSRA CEO will be announced at today’s CHSRA Board Meeting in Sacramento, and according to the LA Times it will be Alstom executive Roelof van Ark. My own sources have confirmed this as well....
View ArticleChina’s Role in Funding California High Speed Rail
Over at the Fresno Bee, Tim Sheehan – who has become one of the state’s leading reporters on the high speed rail beat – has a good article on China’s role in possibly funding the California high speed...
View ArticleAssemblymember Henry Perea on Keeping HSR Jobs in California
Over at the California Labor Federation blog, Fresno Assemblymember Henry Perea writes about his bill AB 16 that would push the California High Speed Rail Authority to buy Californian as much as...
View ArticleHigh speed rail coming to Iraq
Alstom has signed a deal with the government of Iraq to build a high speed rail link connecting Baghdad and Basra: Basra is approximately 450km (280 miles) south-east of Baghdad and the proposed line...
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Jerry Brown Signs Law to Encourage HSR Cars to be Made in California
Earlier this week Governor Jerry Brown signed AB 16, a bill by Fresno Assemblymember Henry Perea to encourage high speed train cars to be made in California. “Simply put, these bills make it easier for...
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Goodbye Acela, Hello Avelia
The Northeast Corridor is getting new trains in five years. Today Vice-President Joe Biden announced the Acela trains will be retired, to be replaced by the Alstom Avelia: Alstom and Amtrak announced...
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