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From High-Speed Rail to Red Ink: Where California's Governor Wannabes Stand
California Attorney General and democratic candidate for governor Jerry Brown (L) shakes hands with a voter as his campaign manager Steven Glazer looks on this morning in Oakland, California....
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In California, Big Differences on High Speed Rail in Governor's Race
(San Francisco – Casey Miner, KALW News) If Republicans sweep Congress as expected next week, it could put the brakes on nascent high-speed rail projects around the country. But what about in...
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Transit and Transportation at Stake in Several Key Races
(Alex Goldmark, Transportation Nation) We've been closely watching the intersection of transportation and politics on this site. Here are a few races where transportation may affect the outcome, or...
View ArticleMy List of 2010's Most Fascinating
With just a few hours to go this year, let me add my picks for the most fascinating people of 2010 to the mix:10. President Barack Obama, because he's the most successful president of the 21st...
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Why California Budget May Slam High Speed Rail
(San Francisco––Casey Miner, KALW News) It’s only been a few days since Jerry Brown retook the California Governor’s office, but all signs suggest that he’s planning to put the state on a serious...
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Jerry Brown Reveals Budget, And It's Ugly
(San Francisco–Casey Miner, KALW News) Governor Jerry Brown announced his budget proposal this morning, and it's a doozy: $12.5 billion in cuts to everything from MediCal to local redevelopment...
View ArticleTN Moving Stories: NJ Gets Another ARC Repayment Extension, and Will NYC's...
Public-private partnerships are winning converts for transportation projects. (Marketplace)New Jersey now has until January 18th to repay the federal government $271 million for the ARC Tunnel....
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California Budget: On Balance, Not Bad for Transportation
(San Francisco–Casey Miner, KALW News) Governor Jerry Brown’s budget proposal is devastating to many services across the state. But it would bring funding for transportation back to about what it was...
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Bay Area Transpo: New Years Resolutions
Photo from the Facebook group, "Make BART Trains Run 24 Hours”(San Francisco–Casey Miner, KALW News) We've got a new weekly segment on the show looking at what's going on with transportation around the...
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California: Florida's HSR Loss Could Be Our Gain
(San Francisco–Casey Miner, KALW News) If U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is unable to put together a deal to save Florida's high speed rail, California wants the $2.4. billion. And...
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New Poll Shows California Voters Would Kill High Speed Rail Funding
A rendering of California's high-speed rail (image courtesy of California High-Speed Rail Authority)High-speed rail in California is taking a beating. A Field Poll released today shows that 64% of...
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California Budget Supports Bullet Train, Would Create New Transportation Agency
Badwater Road 178 in Death Valley National Park, CA (photo by Vlasta Juricek via Flickr)California Governor Jerry Brown released his 2012-2013 budget yesterday -- six days earlier than planned -- after...
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Senator Dianne Feinstein Wants To Save CA High Speed Rail -- As Republican...
Rendering of a proposed high-speed rail station in Anaheim (image courtesy of California High-Speed Rail Authority)UPDATED To keep California's increasingly beleaguered bullet train program alive, move...
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For California High Speed Rail, A Season of Woe
This train is not high speed. (Photo by Flickr user Robert Couse-Baker)It's been a difficult season for California High Speed Rail. A budget revision that put the total price tab ominously close to...
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Governor Jerry Brown, In State of State, Makes Impassioned Case for High...
California Governor Jerry Brown in 2010 (photo by Steve Rhodes via Flickr)(San Francisco, CA -- KALW) In his State of the State address today, Governor Jerry Brown didn’t give an inch on the state’s...
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TN MOVING STORIES: House To Take Up 5-Year Transpo Bill, Port Authority Audit...
Top stories on TN: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood doesn’t think there’s much chance Congress will pass a surface transportation spending bill this year -- but he's standing firm on the Obama...
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TN MOVING STORIES: California's Governor Says Cap-and-Trade Will Fund Bullet...
Top stories on TN: House Republicans intend to use their upcoming highway and infrastructure bill to push for approval of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline. Congressman John Mica says he will unveil...
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California Governor Signs Bullet Train Bill
California Governor Jerry Brown gave high-speed rail the official green light Wednesday, signing legislation authorizing $8 billion in initial funding for the $68 billion project.This officially frees...
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Explainer: What Happens Now With California's Bullet Train
The bullet train may be back on track. Earlier this month the California legislature narrowly approved $8 billion dollars in bond money to start construction of the high-speed rail system connecting...
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California Governor Campaigns for Infrastructure -- And His Legacy
California Governor Jerry Brown (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)(Ben Trefny - San Francisco, KALW - for Marketplace) In California, Governor Jerry Brown has been on the campaign trail. He's not up for...
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