California

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High Speed Rail Interactive Map

Posted by Eric ⋅ 15 May 2008 ⋅ 9 Comments

High Speed Rail Interactive Map. One major hurdle to overcome when communicating to voters about the importance of the California High Speed Rail project is lack of familiarity. Unless you are talking to someone who has visited a foreign country and actually ridden a high-speed train, or perhaps to a train geek, it is entirely … Continue reading →

Alert: Stop Raiding Transit Funds

Posted by Eric ⋅ 14 February 2008 ⋅ 1 Comment

Here we go again: another battle in the ongoing war to prevent the raiding of funds allocated to public transit. An urgent message comes from the Transportation and Land Use Coalition: Please call your state legislators TODAY and register your opposition to the latest redirection of public transit funds! In response to a directive from … Continue reading →

Altamont Bypassed

Posted by Eric ⋅ 11 January 2008 ⋅ 24 Comments

This is a post I started to write a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, a couple weeks of illness and the general pandemonium of the holidays prevented me from finishing it in a timely fashion, but better late than never, right? Somehow, this blog has been running for a few months now, with barely a single … Continue reading →