Guest view: High-speed rail's salvation may lie in Gilroy | Gilroy Dispatch | Gilroy, California

Guest view: High-speed rail’s salvation may lie in Gilroy | Morgan Hill Times | Morgan Hill, San Martin, CA

Since Gov. Gavin Newsom’s first State of the State address six years ago, California has stopped pursuing a high-speed rail system that actually connects the Bay Area to Southern California, as was promised to voters in 2008. And in that void, politicians, pundits and a mostly partisan minority of voters howled and cried boondoggle, discounting the new focus—building only the Central Valley segment—in the same breath. In a project update for sta…

High-Speed Rail could debut in 2032, report says

The high-speed rail project, despite setbacks, could be operating in 2032 in the Central Valley, according to a report released on Friday by the California High-Speed Authority. However, the project faces further delays due to a shortfall in funding needed to connect north toward the San Francisco Bay Area and south toward Los Angeles. The report says the segment between Gilroy, about 80 miles...

Guest view: High-speed rail's salvation may lie in Gilroy | Gilroy Dispatch | Gilroy, California

Since Gov. Gavin Newsom’s first State of the State address six years ago, California has stopped pursuing a high-speed rail system that actually connects the Bay Area to Southern California, as was promised to voters in 2008. And in that void, politicians, pundits and a mostly partisan minority of voters howled and cried boondoggle, discounting the new focus—building only the Central Valley segment—in the same breath. In a project update for sta…