Rail-Related News, Tuesday, July 31, 2018

A raised section of Calfornia’s high-speed rail construction is seen from drone video at Cedar Avenue and Highway 99 just south of Fresno on November 28, 2018. New York Times.
Is California high speed rail a boon or boondoggle? The Gray Lady (NYT) speaks
Editorial: BART’s recent crime wave
California high speed rail may not become a “bullet train” just a plain [relatively] “fast train”
Outgoing SPUR director unloads on what’s wrong with the Bay Area
Metropolitan Transportation Commission Executive Director Steve Heminger to retire
Replacing BART’s dummy cameras on its cars with real ones payed off
But BART still has a crime problem that it hasn’t been able to cope with yet
No gas tax funds for high speed rail
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