California High Speed Rail Blog

Robert Cruickshank founded this site in March 2008 to fill gaps. There wasn't a good, independent source of information online about high speed rail, and there didn't seem to be any active grassroots advocacy for the project and Proposition 1A. During 2008 this blog played a key role in not only filling those gaps, but providing important facts, analysis, and arguments for California's high speed rail project. In November 2008, California voters showed their support for high speed rail by approving Proposition 1A.

In some ways that was actually the easy part. Since November 2008, this blog has shifted toward a focus on project implementation. In several places along the proposed route, most notably in the Menlo Park-Atherton-Palo Alto area of the Peninsula, NIMBYs have emerged to try and block the project. They have allied with longtime HSR opponents and defenders of the status quo to spread disinformation designed to bog down and ultimately kill the project. This blog is determined to counter that disinformation and provide accurate and supportive information to ensure the HSR project is built as intended.

We also exist to provide public oversight for the project, to ensure it is built the right way. We believe in constructive criticism, not destructive fearmongering.

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