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November 2008: California's high speed rail was a winner in the recent US general elections when state voters agreed a $10 billion public funding ballot measure. This is one of 23 public funding measures in 16 states for a total of more than $70 billion to gain voter approval. Advocates of California's high speed rail are now anxious to get construction started and the system in operation by 2020.

A complete list of initiatives and how they fared is published by the Center for Transportation Excellence (CFTE)

Snapshot

California to bring HSR to North America

Project

700 miles from San Francisco and Sacrameto in Northern California to Los Angeles and San Diego in the South.

Tunnels

30 to 50 miles of tunnels on starter line from San Francisco to Los Angeles and Anahiem.

Type

Rail

Cost

Estimated $40 billion

Owner

California High Speed Rail Authority

Funding

PPP with $9.95 billion public bond

News

California passes $9.95 billion bond measure for High Speed Rail on November 4, 2008. Project environmental review and preliminary engineering are underway. Efforts also underway to secure $10 billion in federal funding and roughly $15 billion in private investment. Project will likely be a DBOM (design-build-operate-maintain) contract.

References

American voters approve billions for transit projects