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Spotlight: Money and Politics

Spain’s high-speed rail system offers lessons for California

January 15, 2012, 12:05 AM
There are lessons – from successes and mistakes – that California can learn from Spain’s 20-year history with high-speed trains. Among them is how hard it is to be self-sufficient. + read more
Spotlight: Money and Politics

Politics, not funding, drove growth of Spain’s high-speed rail

January 15, 2012, 12:05 AM
Experts say expansion of Spain’s high-speed rail system has been driven not by profits, but by politics. But as Europe faces a deep financial crisis, the climate is changing. + read more
Spotlight: Money and Politics

Work on state’s high-speed rail could start this year

January 15, 2012, 12:05 AM
The California High-Speed Rail Authority proposes to build 520 miles of tracks between San Francisco and Los Angeles, via the central San Joaquin Valley, for all-electric passenger trains capable of traveling up to 220 mph. The cost is estimated at about $98 billion. + read more
Spotlight: Money and Politics

Video: High-speed rail lessons from Spain

January 15, 2012, 12:05 AM
Reporter Tim Sheehan traveled to Spain to talk to passengers and experts about the high-speed rail system that opened there in 1992. What can California learn from Spain? + read more
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