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	Welcome to CA High-Speed Rail Authority
		Established in 1996, the California High-Speed Rail Authority is charged with the planning, designing, constructing and operating a state of the art high-speed train system.
		The video, will be used in community and scoping meetings as a helpful tool for potential riders so that they may conceptualize the look, feel and impact of the system in their community.
		The California High Speed Rail Authority has been planning high-speed rail for almost a decade.
	www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov (328 words)

	TRAC Train Riders' Association of California
		High speed rail travel is commonplace in many Asian and European countries and integrated into their national rail networks.
		TRAC works to see that the existing rail service in the state is a partner with the coming high speed system, not a stepchild.
		Where possible in the developing Central Valley, the high speed line should be outside urban areas, with downtown stations served by loops from the mainline.
	www.calrailnews.com /highspeedrail.html (564 words)

	San Francisco CITYSCAPE :: the online journal of bay area urban design [ Transit: California High-Speed Rail ] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		California High-Speed Rail would be a fun ride; no views from 30,000 feet, but it would tunnel through hills and fly above canyons on dramatic viaducts, and at 220 miles per hour on the long, straight stretch out in the Central Valley, the landscape would appear to fly past.
		But maglev is to conventional high-speed rail as monorails are to light rail, or perhaps more to the point, as the Concorde was to conventional airliners: The technology is so expensive that it may be doomed to remain forever futuristic.
		And while you're there, be sure to read his Bay Area regional rail proposal, recently adopted as one of the alternatives to be further explored by the MTC in its regional rail study.
	www.sfcityscape.com /transit/CAHSR.html (4776 words)

	HIGH SPEED RAIL, Questions and Answers
		The State of California is working towards the construction of a high-speed rail system that would connect the north and south of the state with a high-frequency train system.
		German studies of high speed rail show their high-speed train - ICE - to use as little as 23% of the energy of aircraft, counting energy from the plant and transmission system as well.
		California would be expected to use the most modern and pollution-free technologies for their high speed rail system.
	lomaprieta.sierraclub.org /highspeedrailqanda.html (494 words)

	California High-Speed Rail Rolls onto 2004 Ballot
		Proponents of the plan say high-speed rail is needed to reduce alleviate the state's worsening airport and roadway congestion, and to reduce air pollution.
		Supporters of the bond measure say the high-speed rail system is needed to ease congestion at airports and on freeways, which is expected to continue worsening as California's population booms over the next few decades.
		The high-speed rail system's electricity powered, emission free trains are expected to carry 10 million commuters and 32 million intercity travelers annually when the system is complete, eliminating 13.4 million motor vehicle trips in California each year, according to CHSRA estimates.
	www.ens-newswire.com /ens/sep2002/2002-09-24-03.asp (1336 words)

	Issue Paper 9: Economic Impact And Benefit/Cost Of High-Speed Rail For California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The State of California Intercity High Speed Rail (HSR) Commission was established under Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR) No. 6 with the responsibility of overseeing the preparation of a 20-year high-speed intercity ground transportation plan for the State of California.
		By 2020, California's GRP is projected to exceed $1.4 trillion, and the state could have the fifth or sixth largest economy in the world.
		Several California high technology firms indicated that having an HSR system serving the Highway 99 Corridor would not necessarily increase their likelihood of locating branch plants in the Central Valley.
	www.econres.com /documents/issue_papers/high_speed_rail_california.html (7050 words)

	Railway Technology - California High-Speed Rail Network
		The state government of one of the country's fastest-growing areas, California, decided in 1993 to establish an Intercity High-Speed Rail Commission to develop a framework for the implementation of a high- speed rail network in the state.
		A ruling gradient of 3% is envisaged, which will allow for a comfortable high speed journey.
		At certain locations the high speed line is expected to use viaducts and tunnels, in a similar manner to other high speed rail projects around the globe.
	www.railway-technology.com /projects/california (1000 words)

	Metroactive Features \| High Speed Rail For California
		Standing on a freshly built eight-lane roadway in Southern California's Inland Empire, he was surrounded by orange Caltrans trucks, TV cameras, and a passel of state and local officials sweating in their suits.
		The California High-Speed Rail Authority is a tiny agency that can't get the time of day from state lawmakers, who created the agancy in 1998 and never gave it the power inherent in its name.
		The heavily subsidized rail network is a private corporation that was formed when the federal government merged four dying passenger rail companies in 1971.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/sonoma/10.11.01/cover-0141.html (2766 words)

	RailPAC POSITION ON THE CALIFORNIA HIGH SPEED RAIL PROPOSAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		This is the heart of the Project as it constitutes the main high speed line connecting Southern California with the North.
		Speed limits for conventional trains would be 90 MPH on the Coast Line and somewhat faster for TALOG trains.
		Speed limits would be 100 MPH for Commuter and Corridor trains and 125 MPH for HSR trains between Old Town and Miramar.
	www.railpac.org /issues/archives/hsr/routes.html (1647 words)

	SPUR - Articles - California High-Speed Rail Project: SPUR's Call to Action (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In 1993, the State Legislature created the California High Speed Rail Commission to study the feasibility of a High Speed Rail system connecting the southern part of the state with the Bay Area and Sacramento, with particular emphasis on connecting central Los Angeles with San Francisco.
		High Speed Rail is proposed as an effective way to accommodate travel between the centers of major urban areas in California.
		High Speed Rail would enable people to access downtown San Francisco with ease without having to deal with or contribute to our already serious problem of automobile access in the city.
	www.spur.org /documents/991101_article_03.shtm (4107 words)

	California high-speed rail - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		California High Speed Rail is a proposed high speed rail system in the state of California.
		A state-wide ballot measure to fund the core segment of the high speed rail was initially scheduled for the 2004 general election.
		California High Speed Rail Authority planned to use the projected operating profit from the initial San Francisco-Los Angeles line to finance extensions to Sacramento and San Diego.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/California_High_Speed_Rail (482 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > State -- Tentative map of California high speed rail route reviewed
		SACRAMENTO –; California High Speed Rail Authority officials unveiled a tentative map of routes for the proposed statewide bullet train – a plan that includes a 120-mile, nonstop stretch between Bakersfield and Fresno.
		Visalia City Councilman Jesus Gamboa asked the High Speed Rail board consider that the populations of Tulare and Kings counties are growing at a faster clip than the rest of the state.
		Instead, the staff recommended that the high speed rail run from Mira Mesa to a station in downtown San Diego, which is less than two miles from the airport.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/state/20041111-0016-ca-highspeedrail.html (536 words)

	High Speed Rail in California (Dec. 2004)
		California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) was established, charged with planning, designing, constructing and operating a high-speed train system for the state.
		Critics of high-speed rail claim that people will not ride a bullet-train because traveling by air would still be quicker, and that the billions of dollars necessary to build the system could be better spent on additional highways and airport runways.
		The California Alliance for Jobs, an alliance of more than 1,700 construction companies and over 50,000 union workers, has introduced their own plan which would hike the state's sales tax by a quarter-cent to help finance infrastructure bond later this year.
	www.igs.berkeley.edu /library/htHighSpeedRail.htm (2670 words)

	California High Speed Rail Forum
		High speed rail is important because the state's population is expected to increase by 50% to over 50 million in the next 25 years, mostly from births to the current inhabitants.
		High speed rail technologies have been in use for over 20 years by the French and Japanese.
		We are also looking at the comprehensive statewide rail plan, with improvements in conventional rail to serve as feeders to the high speed rail system.
	www.scced.org /scced/hotissues/hisp419.html (5376 words)

	California High Speed Rail \| BayRail Alliance
		Amtrak's average speed is about 40 -55 mph with a maximum speed of 79 mph in most areas.
		The California High Speed Rail Authority is currently studying building HSR between the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento, Los Angeles and San Diego.
		Perhaps as a result, the $13 million for the High Speed Rail Authority is preserved in the 2006-07 budget.
	www.bayrailalliance.org /california_high_speed_rail (1209 words)

	MTC -- News -- Transactions
		In the U.S., no high-speed rail line has yet been successfully launched, although Amtrak's "Acela" service is scheduled to get under way between Boston, New York and Washington, D.C., by the end of this year, its trains traveling at speeds of up to 150 mph in the congested Northeast corridor.
		The price tag for the high-speed rail project ($23 billion for the steel-wheel option, and even higher for maglev) has been estimated by the Wall Street Journal to be twice that of the 1960 California Water Project (adjusted for inflation), and a third higher than the high-speed rail tunnel under the English Channel.
		California's new governor, Gray Davis, addressed the issue of high-speed rail in a March 1999 interview with the Sacramento Bee.
	www.mtc.ca.gov /news/transactions/ta0499/high_speed_rail.htm (1690 words)

	Metroactive News & Issues \| High-Speed Rail For California
		State of the art rail systems are there for the taking, but elected leaders generally won't support anything on rails.
		THE CALIFORNIA High-Speed Rail Authority is a tiny agency that can't get the time of day from state lawmakers, who created the authority in 1998 and never gave it the power inherent in its name.
		And while Sacramento and Washington both lack the political will to support the high-speed rail effort, even one that could pay off in decades instead of months--politicians don't like to look down the road past their next election--the choking off of its small budget risks major setbacks for the efforts already underway.
	www.metroactive.com /rail/index1.html (2988 words)

	California High-speed rail - Cyburbia Forums
		Long-distance rail service in California can be improved, but high-speed rail is not the solution to traffic congestion.
		This high-speed rail opinion, my first post to the Cyberbia forum, was not meant to be an attack on rail transit.
		High speed rail is receiving attention in Congress at this time and I do support its implementation.
	www.cyburbia.org /forums/showthread.php?t=523 (880 words)

	California High Speed Rail: At What Sacrifice? - by Wendell Cox - The Heartland Institute
		The taxpayers of California are being subject to grandiose claims about reduced traffic congestion and cost-effective alternatives to flying and driving.
		The California High Speed Rail Authority admits the system could cost much more--$37 billion--but the truth is likely to be more like $75 billion.
		Thus, for the state of California, the question is not whether high-speed rail would be nice--it would be.
	www.heartland.org /Article.cfm?artId=19275 (845 words)

	Tentative map of California high speed rail route reviewed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Modern tunneling techniques and high horsepower electric locomotives enable several new routes through the Tehachapis that were unavailable to the SP and ATSF a century ago.
		High speed rail is technology the US should embrace and implement.
		High speed rail is simply impractical in a country this size.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1276773/posts (3502 words)

	High Speed Rail Now
		As we slip in to Summer in California, it seems that the future of high speed rail rests with the Terminator.
		From the meager amount proposed in Governor Schwarzenegger's budget to the $40-50 proposed by the California Assembly and Senate, the final budget for high speed rail will rest with the Governor.
		Food service on our future high speed train will not be the dining cars of your, with china and silver, and probably not a dedicated dining car, as on some German high speed trains:
	highspeedrailnow.blogspot.com (649 words)

	USATODAY.com - Report: Trains would cost less, be better for Calif. environment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		SACRAMENTO (AP) — A high-speed rail system linking California's major cities would be less than half as expensive and more environmentally friendly than building out highways and airports to meet the state's travel demands, a draft environmental impact report says.
		The 2,000-page document, scheduled to be released Tuesday at news conferences in San Francisco and Los Angeles, looks at three options to deal with the state's transportation needs as intercity travel increases as much as 63% over the next 20 years.
		The third option calls for a 700-mile high-speed rail system to supplement the currently planned highway and airport projects with trains running at top speeds of more than 200 mph.
	www.usatoday.com /travel/news/2004-01-27-high-speed-rail_x.htm (552 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the California High Speed Train System
		The intercity highway system, commercial airports, and conventional passenger rail serving the intercity travel market are currently operating at or near capacity, and will require large public investments for maintenance and expansion in order to meet existing demand and future growth.
		Background The California High-Speed Rail Commission, established in 1993 to investigate the feasibility of high-speed rail in California, concluded that a high-speed train system is technically, environmentally, and economically feasible and set forth recommendations for the technology, corridors, financing, and operations of a proposed system.
		Following the Commission's work, a new nine-member California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) was established in 1996 and is authorized and directed by statute to undertake the planning for the development of a proposed statewide high-speed train network that is fully coordinated with other public transportation services.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2001/May/Day-02/i10903.htm (1737 words)

	BayRail Alliance: High Speed Rail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		High Speed Rail web page, last updated 2002...gives introduction to HSR technology and benefits; links to many news articles.
		BayRail Alliance favors the Altamont route for High Speed Rail between the Bay Area and the Central Valley.
		Caltrain Metro East, envisioned Bay Area segment of future high speed rail, would share tracks with regional and commuter rail, serving short and long distance transportation needs, while maximizing benefits with considerably less overall capital expenditure.
	bayrailalliance.org /hsr (127 words)

	RailPAC POSITION ON THE CALIFORNIA HIGH SPEED RAIL PROPOSAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The other two fall into the category of high speed bypass routes similar to the original concept of the Paris-Lyon TGV project which has now been spread to many other regions in France.
		These are conventional standard gauge electrified high speed rail as implemented in Japan (Bullet train), France, Holland Belgium, Spain and the Channel Tunnel (TGV or TGV derivatives), Germany (ICE) and MAGLEV not in commercial service anywhere.
		RailPAC can support the HSR as a conventional high speed rail service as long as the current corridors and commuter services are an integral part of the proposed system.
	www.railpac.org /issues/archives/hsr/index.html (713 words)

	California High-Speed Rail Project Running Out Of Funds - News - foxreno.com \| KRXI
		SACRAMENTO -- California's high-speed train project is running short of cash and staff and may not have the resources to keep its office manned or complete an environmental study, its executive director said Tuesday.
		Meanwhile, a state Senate committee voted to postpone a public vote on nearly $10 billion in bonds that would help pay for the first leg of the rail project, and environmental groups urged the board to include the Interstate 580 corridor as a possible route for the speedy trains.
		Earlier, Assembly members Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, and Wilma Chan, D-Alameda, and several environmental groups urged the rail authority to consider the I-580 corridor through the Altamont Pass as a possible route for the trains between the San Francisco Bay area and the Central Valley.
	www.foxreno.com /news/2944587/detail.html (676 words)

	California High Speed Rail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		High Speed Rail Forum organized by Bay Rail Alliance and Tau Delta Phi
		--> California voters could decide in November [2004] whether to spend billions of dollars to construct in 16 years a high-speed rail network that could zip them from the Bay Area to Los Angeles in 2-1/2 hours.
		(a) In light of the events of September 11, 2001, it is very clear that a high-speed passenger train network as described in the High-Speed Rail Authority's Business Plan is essential for the transportation needs of the growing population and economic activity of this state.
	bayrailalliance.org /hsr/2002hsr.html (249 words)

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