Conservative group calls for halt to federal funding of California high-speed rail

The Trump Administration Could Finally Put an End to California's High Speed Rail

Conservative group calls for halt to federal funding of California high-speed rail

A new report from the conservative advocacy group Unleash Prosperity calls for an end to federal funding for California's high-speed rail project and for the project's scope to be truncated to protect taxpayers.The report notes the initial plan for a high-speed rail line from Los Angeles to San Francisco began in 1996 and was estimated to cost $20 billion by 1999. California voters approved a state referendum in 2008 that provided additional fun…

Chinatown Fresno businesses await promises of high-speed rail

Join Fresnoland and CalMatters on April 22 in conversation with state and local leaders to talk about what’s next for the beleaguered project. Find out more details and RSVP at the link.Cuca’s, a 51-year-old Mexican restaurant in the heart of Fresno’s Chinatown, opened decades before the first spike was ever driven into the ground in the name of the state’s high-speed rail project. The family-owned business has weathered the storm for a decade s…

California’s $128 billion (or More) High-Speed Train to Nowhere

This is the train that was supposed to link L.A. to San Francisco but now will neither start nor end at either of those destinations. Unleash Prosperity’s resident demographer and transportation expert Wendell Cox has written the definitive paper on this debacle that will now cost at least three times original projections: But those official estimates are still far too low.  Cox finds: If cost escalation continues for the system extensions to Lo…

Financial News Network - Conservative group calls for halt to federal funding of California high-speed rail

A new report by the conservative Committee to Unleash Prosperity calls for an end to federal funding for the California high-speed rail project due to cost overruns.Read More …