News
Look for the latest postings and past news threads in this location.
This information is actual news/editorials versus opinion and speculation from blog sites.
Examiner.com San Francisco Kathy Hamilton: SF Transportation Policy Examiner - 08-29-10
California High Speed Rail: Results for Hire: Fact Check and other articles
MercuryNews.com San Mateo County Times - 08-24-10
San Mateo residents, business owners wary of high-speed rail plans
San Diego Union-Tribune - 08-23-10
Rail agency: What, me worry?
San Mateo Daily Journal - 08-20-10
Burlingame to Caltrain: Us or them
MercuryNews.com San Mateo County Times - 08-18-10
John Horgan: Rail advocates are in damage-control mode
MercuryNews.com San Mateo County Times - 08-18-10
Fed-up Burlingame weighs 'legal options' over high-speed rail plans
City may oppose rail project
"Belmont is ready to take strong action............"
MercuryNews.com San Mateo County Times - 08-06-10
Peninsula high-speed rail track plans unveiled
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San Diego Union-Tribune - 07-14-10
U-T editorial: Lockyer's straight talk -
Treasurer: Investors doubt rail project's viability; bonds tough sell
Washington Examiner - 07-13-10
Barbara Hollingsworth: Taking us on a high-speed ride to the poorhouse
Reason Magazine - 07-13-10
Mystery Train; How has California's high-speed rail project survived for 14 years without a plan, a budget, or a single accomplishment?
Manteca Bulletin - 07-11-10
High speed rail going down wrong track to Bay Area
Oakland Tribune - 07-08-10
Oakland Tribune editorial: Another blow to the high-speed rail fantasy
Rail authority head enters information-sharing agreement with Belgium
To read the full press release: For Immediate Release, CAHSRA
SFGate.com - 07-02-10
Peer-review finding: California high speed rail projections unreliable
MercuryNews.com - 07-02-10
Transportation experts: Don't trust high-speed rail rider estimates
Colusa-Sun-Herald - 06-25-10
Thomas D. Elias: Time to change map on high-speed rail?
Associated Press - 06-21-10
Vietnam scraps $56B bullet train project over cost
Bakersfield.com Letter to the Editor - 06-21-10
A less-disruptive route for high-speed rail
The Almanac Online - 06-18-10
North Fair Oaks meets on high-speed rail
Mercury News - 06-18-10
San Mateo, Burlingame express litany of fears over high-speed rail plans
Oakland Tribune - 05-12-10
Lawmakers demand that high-speed rail authority fix oversight, funding problems.
Sacramento Bee - 04-29-10
Dan Walters: High-speed train given a new knock.
New York Times - 04-08-10
China Is Eager to Bring High-Speed Rail Expertise to the U.S.
Red Country - 02-28-10
Questions for HSR contractors.
LA Times - 02-28-10
Editorial: ...fear HSR will not meet its promises
San Mateo Daily Journal - 02-25-10
Belmont spends $10K on HSR
SJ Mercury News - 02-24-10
Opinion: California HSR is a Fantasy
San Mateo Times - 02-23-10
Bay Area track alignment details delayed again
Sacramento Bee - 02-22-10
Editorial: Layoffs and Cuts to Regional Transit due to HSR?
Barron’s - 02-22-10
Editorial: Halfway to Nowhere
SF Business Times - 02-22-10
Peninsula cities prep to question rail plan.
Contra Costa Times - 02-21-10
Columnist: HSR viewpoint.
USC - 02-19-10
Track to Nowhere?
Almanac - 02-19-10
Atherton OKs effort to reopen lawsuit (Part 1)
Atherton OKs effort to reopen lawsuit (Part 2)
SJ Mercury News - 02-17-10
Palo Alto officials want more time to review bullet train plans.
Online News (FLA) - 02-17-10
Editorial: Stop High-speed spending
NY Times - 02-12-10
China - growth in fast trains.
SJ Mercury News - 02-11-10
High Speed Rail official: Ridership flaw a typo
Mountain View Voice - 02-10-10
Tunnels possible in Palo Alto
Almanac - 02-09-10
HSR ridership based on ‘flawed, undisclosed model
SJ Mercury News - 02-08-1
Groups plan to re-open EIR lawsuit based on faulty ridership data
San Mateo Times - 02-05-10
CHSRA’s Diridon - Bay Area 18 months behind in planning.
USA Today - 02-03-10
Opinion - Get back to infrastructure basics.
ABC News - 02-01-10
Money Woes Threaten HSR’s Future.
Wall Street Journal - 01-31-10
Opinion - “The Runaway Subsidy Train”
Washington Post - 01-31-10
Editorial
San Diego Union-Tribune - 01-29-10
Editorial
MercuryNews.com - 01-29-10
Fed HSR funding puts Bay Area on fast track
Sacramento Bee - 01-24-10
Walters: California high-speed-rail flaws publicized.
SM Daily Journal - 01-22-10
Review of Senate Hearing in Palo Alto
San Diego Union-Tribune - 01-13-10
Editorial - Critique of recent HSR business plan
LA Times - 01-11-10
High-speed rail plan flawed, says LAO
MercuryNews.com - 01-09-10
Bay Area transit crisis.