For the second time in a decade, the city of Merced is grappling with the possibility that it could be excluded from the California high-speed rail project's initial operating segment in the Central ...
The California High-Speed Rail Authority lured Merced as a partner in the country's first bullet train project. It threw $500,000 at the city to spruce up its downtown in anticipation of a train ...
Connecting to Gilroy and Palmdale yields highest revenue and cost recovery ratios. Merced-Bakersfield segment will fail to cover its operating costs. State law changes could enable rail expansion to ...