California High-Speed Rail Authority – Page 4

30 Miles of Tunnels Proposed for High Speed Rail: Can You Dig It?

June 29, 2024 2:00 pmJune 29, 2024 2:01 pm

The consistently accurate and forward looking board of the California High Speed Rail Authority has decided that it is a good idea to dig 30 miles of tunnels to connect Burbank to Palmdale. The purely political zig-zag to include Palmdale...

Tunnel Vision: When Stupid Drifts into Ludicrous

May 26, 2024 4:04 pmMay 26, 2024 4:04 pm

You have to hand it to the California High Speed Rail Authority – they just never stop, do they? As noted in this California Globe piece Friday, the rail folks are trying to get the last little bit (don’t hold...

Last Unapproved Segment Of California’s High-Speed Rail up for Environmental Approval In June

May 24, 2024 1:54 pmMay 24, 2024 1:54 pm

The California High-Speed Rail Authority announced Friday that the last segment of the Los Angeles to San Francisco phase one of the rail system that hasn’t received environmental clearance is up for a final environmental impact decision next month. Originally...

High Stealth Rail: Where Did the Rest of It Go?

March 31, 2024 2:47 amMarch 31, 2024 8:34 am

In 2008 voters passed Proposition 1A, directing the California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) to construct an electrified 494-mile-long rail system connecting the mega regions of Los Angeles and San Francisco to the growing cities of the Central Valley. This is...

California High Speed Rail Authority Announces Over 13,000 Jobs Have Been Created

March 20, 2024 2:30 amMarch 20, 2024 2:31 am

The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) announced on Tuesday that over 13,000 construction jobs have now been created for the project, with a majority of them in the Central Valley. According to the CHSRA, 4,222 jobs alone have been created...

California High-Speed Rail Says Another $100 Billion Is Needed To Link San Francisco And Los Angeles

March 17, 2024 10:49 amMarch 18, 2024 6:15 am

California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) officials said that another $100 billion would be needed to complete the high speed rail network between San Francisco and Los Angeles at a state Senate Transportation Committee hearing on Tuesday, raising the total estimated...

High $peed Rail Hires Yet Another Consultant – For Sustainability?

July 23, 2023 9:46 amJuly 23, 2023 10:01 am

The California High Speed Rail Authority now has a sustainability consultant. The Authority tapped the decades-old, London-based consultancy Arup for the gig. The firm has provided engineering services for such iconic structures as the London Eye (the Ferris wheel,) the...