http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Fri, 17 May 2013 21:06:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/07/26/california-high-speed-rail/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/07/26/california-high-speed-rail/#comments Thu, 26 Jul 2012 08:00:56 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32385 A comprehensive life-cycle assessment by transportation researchers gives the green seal of approval for California’s high-speed rail project. The analysis comes on the heels of a state Legislature vote authorizing $8 billion for initial construction, set to begin in 2013, of the high-speed system. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/07/26/california-high-speed-rail/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/07/01/high_speed_rail/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/07/01/high_speed_rail/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:31:28 +0000 Ann Brody Guy http://dev-newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=2105 The California High-Speed Rail Authority’s forecasts of demand and ridership for a new San Francisco-to-Los Angeles high-speed train are not reliable because they are based on an inconsistent model, according to a new study by researchers at UC Berkeley’s Institute of Transportation Studies. The study is the first academic review of the rail authority’s ridership forecasts, which was included in California’s successful application for federal stimulus dollars. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2010/07/01/high_speed_rail/feed/ 0