California High-Speed Rail Authority

TIME CHANGE! Join us for today's virtual #CAHSRA’s Board of Directors meeting starting at 12:30 p.m. Today at 12:30 p.m. (11 a.m. closed session) Live webcast available at https://bit.ly/3sw3qgj (no registration needed). Register to provide public comment at https://bit.ly/38Q8nJ3... For more information about the Board Meeting Schedule & Materials visit: https://bit.ly/3iipNRC

Join us this Thursday for our virtual #CAHSRA’s Board of Directors meeting. Thursday, Jan. 21 at 11 a.m. Live webcast available at https://bit.ly/3sw3qgj (no registration needed). Register to provide public comment at https://bit.ly/38Q8nJ3... For more information about the Board Meeting Schedule & Materials visit: https://bit.ly/3iipNRC

Did you know every $1 billion invested in public transportation supports and creates approximately 50,000 jobs? Essential work continues during these challenging times thanks to our 5,000+ construction workers building the infrastructure for the nation’s first high-speed rail system. Source: Public Transportation ... #FactFriday #BuildHSR See more

ICYMI: California High-Speed Rail Authority CEO Brian Kelly joined CapRadio’s Randol White to talk about California’s largest capacity, renewably powered, 200 mph plus EV: high-speed rail. Check the link below, or find it where ever you get your podcasts. #BuildHSR https://bit.ly/2XDojb6

#COVID19 vaccines are safe, effective and recommended by CA's top medical experts. We are taking an all-hands-on-deck approach to accelerate safe, equitable vaccinations across the state to protect our communities. Together, we can #EndthePandemic.

"This job allows me to work close to home and has also taught me a new set of skills. I'm proud of veterans!" A former Sergeant in the Marine Corps, Carpenter Apprentice Dario Jara now serves the people of California helping build high-speed rail in the Central Valley. Check out his work installing OCS brackets for the electrical system to power the train. #ThankAVeteran #BuildALegacy

This week, we join in celebrating California Registered Apprenticeship Week. We’re proud to work with partners like The City of Selma, the local State Building and Construction Trades Council of California, Fresno County Economic Development Corporation and Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission on the new pre-apprenticeship program currently underway at the Central Valley Training Center. #CAApprenticeshipWeek #BuildALegacy

After 6 years in the Medical Branch of the U.S. Army, Sgt. Bobby Butler was injured in the line of duty. Now, he serves as a Quality Analyst Lead ISO Auditor, helping bring high-speed rail to California. #ThankAVeteran

After serving eight years in the U.S. Air Force around the world, Ross Fuentes returned home to the Central Valley. He brings his key values of faith, family, country and service to high-speed rail, where he provides oversight of 22 miles of construction in CP 2-3 in Kings County. Read more in Faces of High-Speed Rail. #ThankAVeteran https://www.buildhsr.com/facesofhsr/

Fly over the new Palmdale to Burbank section Preferred Alternative (PA) of SR14A in one of our latest animations. The modified PA will avoid Una Lake and will be underground through the community of Acton, and within the Angeles National Forest and the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument. Three new modified build alternatives added have been added for a total of six alternatives to be included in the environmental review. Routes can reduce potential impacts to aquatic resources south of Palmdale. https://hsr.ca.gov/h/project_sections/palmdale_burbank.aspx

Phase 1 will connect 6 of the 10 largest cities in California. Phase 2 will connect 2 more. High-speed rail will increase mobility, improve air quality, cut travel times and stimulate economic growth in our state. #FactFriday https://hsr.ca.gov/high_speed_rail/factsheet_statewide.aspx

Sustaining our natural resources for future generations going through the Coyote Valley near San Jose means studying how frogs, mountain lions, deer/elk and other animals move along the corridor. Check out the San José Spotlight to see how we’re working with the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority on conservation in the area.

Keeping people and animals safe the high-speed rail corridor will be completely sealed off with fencing, walls and other intrusion barriers put into place to prevent potential hazards within urban environments. The rail corridor will be inaccessible except at a handful of limited locations where at-grade crossings may occur in NorCal and SoCal where the train will not be traveling at full speed. #FactFriday https://hsr.ca.gov/about/safety/intrusion_barriers.aspx

See our free webinar Director of Planning and Sustainability Meg Cederoth and her team discuss the 2020 Sustainability Report: Building Resilience. Learn how the project will reduce greenhouse gas emissions in transportation, protect natural resources, and be a catalyst in the transition to a low-carbon economy. #sustainability

New drone footage of the completed Poso Creek Viaduct in Kern County shows progress on the structure that will take future high-speed rail trains over the creek bed. The structure is nearly 240 feet long and 56 feet wide. This marks the first completed structure in Construction Package 4, and the fourth completed high-speed rail structure in the Central Valley since August. #BuildHSR https://hsr.ca.gov/communication/news_room/news_releases/

#FactFriday Money for high-speed rail comes from dedicated state and federal sources, not gas taxes. Sources for funding California’s high-speed rail come from: Prop 1A: In 2008, California voters approved Proposition 1A, which provided $9.95B for high-speed rail planning and construction. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009: $2.55B from the Federal Railroad Administration. $928.6 Million funding from Fiscal Year 2010. Cap and Trade Funds: A greenh...ouse gas reduction program authorized by state law in 2008 run by the California Air Resources Board. SB 862 authorizes continuous appropriation of 25% of auction proceeds from quarterly auctions go to the Authority. Rail Property Management Fund: Fund receives revenues from leases/rents collected on property acquired that is not yet delivered to the design-builders for construction EPA Brownfields: Funds for work with coalition partners to inventory, characterize, assess, and conduct cleanup planning and community involvement related activities for Brownfields sites around the Los Angeles Union Station area. https://hsr.ca.gov/about/capital_costs_funding/

Get a quick overview of the recently released Sustainability Report. The highlights sheet gives a quick look at our programs including clean construction, environmental preservation, all-electric operations and urban forestry. https://hsr.ca.gov///Sustainability_Handout_Facts_2020.pdf

All-electric sustainable high-speed rail in California will help our state meet its climate goals. A system powered on renewable energy will mean more than 3,000 tons of criteria air pollution avoided annually and between 83,000,000 to 102,000,000 tons of CO2e total avoided GHG emissions in the first 50 years. https://hsr.ca.gov/prog/green_practices/sustainability.aspx

Getting from Los Angeles to San Francisco in less than three hours on high-speed rail means 2 million tons fewer greenhouse gases each year, and more than 3,000 tons less pollution. That is the equivalent of more than 430,000 vehicles off the road annually as many cars as are registered to all of San Francisco county! https://hsr.ca.gov/prog/green_practices/sustainability.aspx