June 27, 2012, 12:05 AM
Three months ago, Gov. Jerry Brown hit the reset button on the California bullet train, slashing $30 billion from its $98 billion budget and promising to reorder the controversial project’s priorities. Now, some Democrats in the state Senate want to hit the reset button again. They...
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November 1, 2011, 12:05 AM
Building California’s high-speed rail project could cost $98.5 billion over 20 years, more than twice what was previously thought, according to a draft copy of a business plan obtained late Monday by a media partnership covering the project. The amount is still far less than the cost of...
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August 29, 2011, 12:05 AM
For two years, the California High-Speed Rail Authority said it could build 520 miles of high-speed train tracks between San Francisco and Los Angeles for about $43 billion. But that figure – long derided as unrealistic by critics – went off the rails this month when the authority...
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August 25, 2011, 12:05 AM
When built, California’s 800-mile bullet train project may include more than 140 miles of elevated structures – viaducts, some 60 feet in the air. On those sky tracks, trains are supposed to hurtle along at speeds up to 220 mph. Critics say it’s urgent that this design...
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