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HSR Too Slow? Blame CEQA

Posted by: Alek Miller
Thanks to: Streetsblog
19 November 2009 - 2:00pm

The California High Speed Rail Blog says that the biggest obstacle to building HSR in California isn't the cost, but a number of problems with the planning process, especially the California Environmental Quality Act.

"High speed rail should be assessed and planned in a statewide context. Instead, it is assessed in a town-by-town setting, totally divorced from statewide concerns, and even from local urban plans. As a result, sprawl has accelerated over the 40 years since CEQA's adoption, and it has become progressively more difficult to build sustainable infill projects, whether it is housing or mass transit, as the CEQA process empowers people to stop something they dislike, even when doing so causes significant environmental damage."

Full Story: The Biggest Obstacle to HSR in California
Source: California High Speed Rail Blog, November 18, 2009
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