Posts Tagged: HSRA

Bullet train, moving slowly, hits another bump

An artist's rendering of California's proposed bullet train. (Image: High-Speed Rail Authority)

by LANA SCHWARTZ posted 07.02.2020

For more than a decade, California’s bullet train has faced obstacle after obstacle. The latest hurdle: the pandemic. Last week, the Authority postponed the approval of its 2020 business plan until Dec. 15 in order to assess the impacts of COVID-19.

Bullet train: A dispute over stations

Artist's conception of the bullet train crossing an overpass in Anaheim. (Illustration: California High Speed Rail Authority)

by DOROTHY MILLS-GREGG posted 12.28.2017

It’s a tale of two stations. Bakersfield, California’s ninth-largest city in terms of population with more than 380,000 residents, is trying to decide where to put a bullet-train station. This battle has lasted for years.