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CHSRA – A change is in the air 0
- CHSRA Accountability
- May 28, 2019
California High-Speed Rail – A change in the air News at the Board Meeting As Marvin Gay once sang, “What’s going on?” – something is definitely going on with the California High-Speed Rail Authority. The big hint was at the board meeting last week when a surprise occurred. Out of the blue, Board Member Ernest
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CA High Speed Rail – Stop Digging!0
- CHSRA Accountability
- May 5, 2019
Things are heating up and not in a good way for the high-speed rail Authority. Its latest report issued to the Legislature May 1, 2019 clearly shows it will not be building high-speed rail anytime soon, if ever. Instead, it is building a conventional rail section according to Joe Hedges, COO of the Rail Authority.READ MORE
The Future of High Speed Rail & Governor Newsom’s Speech 0
- CHSRA Accountability
- February 18, 2019
UPDATE FEB. 20, 2019... On February 19th, a short time after the California High-Speed Rail Board meeting ended, the Federal Railroad Administration notified CEO Brian Kelly that they are seeking to “de-obligate the unspent 2010 grant for $928 million and they are also asking for the ARRA funding back in the amount of $2.53 billionREAD MORE

New Report shows California’s High-Speed Rail project will be unprofitable 0
- CHSRA Accountability
- January 15, 2019
While most people concentrate on the extreme cost to build the high-speed rail project, a $77 billion cost per the latest business plan, we forget about the even bigger issue which is that the state will be forced to provide an ongoing yearly subsidy. CHSRA’s foundation law [AB3034 Section 2704(j)] requires its HSR system beREAD MORE
CA High-Speed Rail Audit: Next chapter or end of the story?0
- CHSRA Accountability
- December 4, 2018
High-Speed Rail Audit: Next chapter or end of the story? On Thursday, November 29, 2018 the Assembly Transportation and Joint Legislative Audit Committee met and high-lighted the inadequacies of the high-speed rail project found in the Audit report. Tom Richards, Vice Chair of the HSR Authority Board represented the Rail Authority and Joe Hedges, DeputyREAD MORE
California’s High-Speed Rail Update – August 2018 0
- CA HSR Legislation, CHSRA Accountability, CHSRA Funding, CHSRA Lawsuits
- August 27, 2018
California’s High-Speed Rail update: The High-Speed Rail project continues to live despite being extremely short of resources and a dwindling fan base. The purpose of this article is to review what was promised in the past and where we stand today. First let’s look at a Congressional Committee meeting held this month. Public Hearing byREAD MORE