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Tim Sheehan

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Tim Sheehan is a business reporter for The Fresno Bee and covers high-speed rail issues. He can be reached at tsheehan@fresnobee.com or 559-441-6319.

Recent Spotlight Articles

January 22, 2012
Minimal impact on cities, farms helped Spain avoid high-speed rail opposition
Despite crossing both cityscapes and farmland, Spain’s high-speed rail program stirred no major opposition, going to great lengths to minimize its impact on surrounding land.
January 15, 2012
Work on state’s high-speed rail could start this year
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.
January 15, 2012
Politics, not funding, drove growth of Spain’s high-speed rail
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.
January 15, 2012
Spain’s high-speed rail system offers lessons for California
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.
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Recent News Posts

April 15, 2013
Winning bid to start high-speed rail far below estimates
July 19, 2012
Rail authority says revised report won’t slow construction
June 15, 2012
Judge's first ruling leaves door open for Kings County rail suit
June 4, 2012
Experts say rail plan improved, but still flawed
May 30, 2012
High-speed rail authority offers top job to former Caltrans exec
April 23, 2012
Final bullet train report out for Merced-Fresno
April 13, 2012
Latest high-speed rail plan goes to lawmakers
April 11, 2012
Bullet train officials to OK new business plan
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