Commentary: NY Times Gives Forum to California’s Discredited, High-Speed-Rail-Hating Hack
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California's infamous, Whac-A-Mole reporter who hates everything on rails pops up again — this time in a supposedly credible outlet.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about High-Speed Rail
Advocates Rue Axing of High Speed Rail From Climate Bill
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The Democrats' decision to axe high speed rail from the climate bill has some advocates wondering what it will take for lawmakers to finally understand the environmentally transformative potential of the mode.
Report: We Really Need to Divert Money from Drivers to Transit Users
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The federal government needs an entirely different way of funding transportation — one that would finally allocate billions of dollars that currently subsidize and encourage driving to fund and expand transit, a new report argues.
Talking Headways Podcast: California High-Speed Rail’s Next Steps
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A top official at the California High-Speed Rail Authority gives us an update on that mega-project — and also offers lessons on what engineers and planners have learned.
Talking Headways Podcast: High-Speed Rail Lessons from France and Germany
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This week we’re joined by Eric Eidlin, a community planner and sustainability lead at the Federal Transit Administration. Over the last few years Eric has also been studying high-speed rail in Germany and France as a fellow with the German Marshall Fund. He recently published a report, “Making the Most of High-Speed Rail in California: Lessons from France and Germany.” Eric […]
Obama’s 2014 Transpo Budget Calls for Higher Spending, HSR
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The Obama Administration has put forward an opening bid in what are sure to be contentious 2014 budget negotiations, issuing a solidly progressive transportation budget that calls for increased overall spending and continued investment in passenger rail. The $76 billion transportation budget would represent a 5.5 percent, or $4 billion, spending increase over 2012 levels. […]