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The Los Angeles Times - 04-25-11
High-speed rail hopes are off the tracks

The New York Times - 04-23-11
Fast Train to Nowhere

Washington Examiner - 04-21-11
No cost-benefit studies done for Obama's $53 billion high-speed rail boondoggle

USA Today - 02-15-11
High-speed train system has a long way to go

The Washington Post - 02-14-11
High-speed rail is a fast track to government waste

Fox News - 02-14-11
It's the Bullet Train ... to Nowhere

Fox and Hounds - 02-14-11
"Patchwork" High Speed Rail System Unraveling?

The Wall Street Journal - 02-14-11
Runaway Trains,Obama's high-speed rail plan is a fiscal pipedream.

newgeography - 02-12-11
"Patchwork" High Speed Rail System Unraveling?

National Review Online - 02-11-11
The High-Speed-Rail Boondoggle

The San Mateo Daily Journal - 01-28-11
High-speed rail - Do it right! by Jerry Hill

The Washington Post - 01-11-11
Hit the brakes on California's high-speed rail experiment

The Sacramento Bee - 01-09-11
Farmers say it'd be hard to cope if high-speed rail cuts through

San Francisco Chronicle - 01-06-11
High-speed rail: Do it right - or don't do it

Merced Sun-Star - 12-31-10
So, this is Borden? Long-gone Madera County town beginning of high-speed rail line

Mercury News - 12-31-10
Longtime San Jose transportation leader Rod Diridon Sr. leaves high speed rail authority board

Contra Costa Times - 12-09-10
Contra Costa Times editorial: Must put a stop to ridiculous high-speed rail

San Francisco Chronicle - 12-08-10
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San Francisco Chronicle - 12-07-10
High-speed rail agency urged to rethink planning

New York Times - 12-03-10
Calif. Agency Bows to U.S. Pressure, Picks Central Valley for High-Speed Rail Project Launch

Los Angeles Times - 12-03-10
High Speed Rail Authority approves what critics call 'train to nowhere'

MercuryNews.com, Silicon Valley - 11-30-10
Congressman demands investigation into California High-Speed Rail Authority

HanfordSentinel.com - 11-30-10
High-speed rail proposal stirs controversy

Fresno Bee - 11-28-10
Valley may get train to nowhere

Financial Times - 11-08-10
Beijing reviews high-speed rail plans...

Palo Alto Online - 11-07-10
More than 500 attend 'high speed boondoggle' rally

San Diego Tribune - 10-30-10
High-speed rail folly: Feds ignore own rules

Newsweek - 10-29-10
High-Speed Pork: Why fast trains are a waste of money.

San Mateo County Times - 10-29-10
High-speed rail: Freight companies challenge information on tunneling

Palo Alto Online - 10-25-10
Rail authority lags in response to auditor's report

San Mateo County Times - 10-22-10
High-speed rail boss to Peninsula: forget about tunnels

ABC Channel 7 - Local Pennisula News - 10-15-10
Burlingame shows residents what high speed rail would look like in city

Palo Alto Patch - 10-14-10
Feds Turn Watchful Eye On High-Speed Rail

Los Angeles Times - 10-05-10
Officials fail to resolve rail board impasse

The Stanford Review - 09-26-10
Kyle O'Malley: High Speed Rail Opposition Grows

Manteca Bulletin - 09-25-10
High speed rail: California's fast track to ruin?

Wall Street Journal - 09-21-10
Freight Carriers Balk at Sharing Tracks With the Faster Passenger Service (.pdf file)

MercuryNews.com, Silicon Valley - 09-20-10
John Horgan: Caltrain may be seeing the light

Apollo Alliance News Service (blog) - 09-16-10
'Japan Offers to Help Fund California High Speed Rail Network' - Jobs, yes; but in Japan

California Rail News Richard F. Tolmach: Opinion - 09-01-10
How HSR ridership soared out of proportion
Research by Peninsula volunteer group found HSRA gamed ridership data to benefit Pacheco

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

San Mateo Daily Journal - 08-10-10
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

SFExaminer.com - 07-08-10
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.