Public records show that the state High-Speed Rail Authority, the agency spearheading the bullet train, is plunging forward despite repeated warnings that it may be tens of billions of dollars short of the money needed to build and operate the system. + read more

FRESNO – The plan for high-speed rail in California is to start on the Fresno side of the San Joaquin River, between Bakersfield and Chowchilla, and go until the money runs out. The Central Valley is for many reasons a practical place to begin: The land is broad and flat and relatively... + read more

The Grapevine, despite its reputation for radiator-bursting climbs, is emerging by default as the least expensive option for routing high-speed trains between Bakersfield and the Los Angeles Basin, according to preliminary plans and analyses commissioned by the state. Planners had a number of... + read more

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