MORE ON: high-speed rail

Daily Report: Money and Politics

High-speed rail is expensive 'leap of faith,' legislative analyst says

May 10, 2011, 2:25 PM
California’s $43 billion high speed rail project is so fraught with problems that the Legislature should gear back on spending and turn the effort over to Caltrans, the Legislative Analyst’s Office says in a report [PDF] released today. The Legislature faces “challenging... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Inspector general: Rail officials may have mismanaged funds

October 28, 2010, 12:05 AM
Fresh off reports earlier this week that California is set to receive another $900 million in federal funding to finance its vaunted high-speed rail venture, a report released yesterday by Inspector General Laura Chick suggests that the authority overseeing the project may have mismanaged some of... + read more
Daily Report: Environment

Report: High-speed train good for economy, environment

September 1, 2010, 12:05 AM
Scientists say a California high-speed rail system will not only get you from San Francisco to Los Angeles in less than three hours, but will create thousands of jobs and eliminate millions of pounds of carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere. At least that’s what they're saying... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Is public support waning for high-speed rail?

August 4, 2010, 12:05 AM
The California High-Speed Rail Authority released results of a survey of registered voters in California last week that the agency said shows that "some 76 percent of Californians indicated support" for the proposed 800-mile system. But Steven Maviglio – principal of Forza... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Law would screen high-speed rail firms for links to Holocaust

June 22, 2010, 12:05 AM
A San Fernando Valley lawmaker wants to require prospective contractors on California’s proposed high-speed rail project to disclose whether they transported Nazi Holocaust victims to death camps during World War II. A rail advocate says that Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield’s measure... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Audit: Poor planning, lax oversight plague high-speed rail project

April 30, 2010, 12:05 AM
Poor planning, lax oversight and questionable contract management could doom California's ambitious plans to build a multibillion-dollar high-speed rail line to connect its major cities, according to a report released yesterday by State Auditor Eileen Howle. The report, which was... + read more
Daily Report: General Assignment

Amtrak to benefit most from high-speed rail funding

February 12, 2010, 12:06 AM
The federal government didn't award Amtrak a dime of the $8 billion worth of recovery funds it put towards high-speed rail projects around the country. Even still, the Sunlight Foundation calculates that Amtrak stands to benefit the most, with "$4.5 billion worth of improvements to... + read more
Daily Report: Money and Politics

Tracking high-speed rail's biggest lobbyists

February 1, 2010, 12:50 AM
A number of interested parties in California have been lobbying the federal government to receive funding for high-speed rail projects, and our friends at the Center for Public Integrity have an interactive map that tracks them. Last week, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden... + read more
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