California High-Speed Rail Authority – Page 5

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...

Gov. Newsom’s Whistlestop Tour of California on High Speed Rail Boondoggle

March 27, 2023 8:55 amMarch 28, 2023 7:50 am

Following his recent Tour around California rather than giving a dismal State of the State address, Gov. Newsom announced three words as the crux for 2023: Return, restore, and rebuild. He should have taken High Speed Rail around the state –...

Longer and Harder: High Speed Rail’s Latest Plan Adds Time, Reduces Ridership

March 27, 2023 6:58 amMarch 27, 2023 7:07 am

Not exactly known for its adherence to timelines and budget, California’s High Speed Rail Authority (HSRA) recently released its 2023 project update that – again – adjusts both. While the timing changes are small – the Merced to Bakersfield segment...