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High speed rail enjoyed a legal victory in California when a judge threw out a case against it.
What tactic did the high speed rail opponent employ in California Courts? Opponents said that the high speed rail project did not comply with restrictions on rail by voters.
What did the court say? We don’t know if high speed rail hasn’t complied because high speed rail isn’t up and running in California. It could still comply.
What are opponents saying now? High Speed Rail will still have…
Who filed a lawsuit? Texans Against High-Speed Rail
Who is the lawsuit against? TXDOT & Attorney General Paxton
What’s causing the foray into the courts? A public information request from Texans for High Speed Rail that sought any documents at TXDOT related to Texas Central Parnters.
What was the response to the public information request? Texans Against High-Speed Rail believes that documents were withheld, and the documents provided were heavily redacted without…
Who is issuing the warning? The Obama Adminsitration
What entities are being warned about data security threats?
What’s sparked the warning? The attack n the Ukraine’s power grid 2 months ago. It was the first cyberattack that produced a wide spread blackout
What was the target of the cyber attack? industrial control systems that act as the intermediary between computers and the switches
What could hackers do with control…
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Who is proposing this? Robert Finley at The Finley group
What is this high speed rail connecting? Major metro areas from Dallas to Atlanta, a total of 816 miles
Is there a name for this project? Interstate-20 High Speed Rail Express or Interstate 20 eXpress
Is the project public or private? Both, a public-private partnership
How serious is this project? Finley said he already has verbal commitments from Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Georgia.
Why does Texas A&M Student Senate oppose eminent domain? The proposed high speed rail that would traverse rural Texas triggered the vote
What did the elected officials, who were present, say about eminent domain? “Their resounding message was that voting in favor the Eminent Domain Opposition Act is akin to advocating for the protection of property owners.”
Which State Representatives and State Senators participated in Texas A&M Student Senate eminent domain debate?
Resident of Waller county at a meeting about the use of eminent domain for proposed high speed rail:
The written response from high speed rail:
Who is proposing a shift in state transportation funding? Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner
What is the impetus for his transportation funding proposal? Mayor Turner asserts that widening highways adds to more congestion. “These types of projects are not creating the kind of vibrant, economically strong cities that we all desire”
Under Mayor Turner’s transportation funding proposal, what should be the focus of transportation funding? Shift from automobiles and toward alternatives
What…
California high speed rail authority Chairman Dan Richard said in testimony to an Assembly transportation committee:
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