Plain language about managers at California’s high-speed rail system
More uncertainty is emerging about California’s planned $43 billion bullet train system, after a state report recommended a serious shakeup in the management and spending on the joint federal and state project.
As Dan Weikel of the Los Angeles Times reports, California’s non-partisan Legislative Analyst’s Office released a 28-page report raising serious doubts about both the decisions being made and the decision-makers themselves. The report urges that management of the entire project be stripped from its appointed board — the California High Speed Rail Authority — and turned over to the state Department of Transportation, more commonly known as Caltrans. (more…)
Topics: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Beltway Outsider, Dept. of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Infrastructure and Mass Transit
Tags: California High Speed Rail Authority, California Legislative Analyst Office, Caltrans, Dan Weikel, high speed rail, Legislative Analyst’s Office, Michael Cabanatuan
Tags: California High Speed Rail Authority, California Legislative Analyst Office, Caltrans, Dan Weikel, high speed rail, Legislative Analyst’s Office, Michael Cabanatuan
