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High Speed Rail: Comparing California's Future Bullet Train To Taiwan’s

Ezra David Romero
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Valley Public Radio
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Josh Stephens

Now that dust has settled from last week’s symbolic groundbreaking for high speed rail in Downtown Fresno – a groundbreaking that didn’t actually include any ground being broken – people across the nation are taking a fresh look at the bullet train. 

One of the most interesting perspectives came from our Josh Stephens, a journalist and commentator for the California Planning and Development Report, an online publication that focuses on the development industry and urban planning.

Stephens compared California’s plan for high speed rail with the line that already exists in Taiwan, and explored why California’s geography and development history make the bullet train a much more challenging project in the Golden State.

He also dug into the massive planning challenges cities like San Jose, Fresno and Bakersfield will face in designing areas around their proposed high speed rail stations, especially given the uncertainty surrounding the project.

Joe Moore is the President and General Manager of KVPR / Valley Public Radio. He has led the station through major programming changes, the launch of KVPR Classical and the COVID-19 pandemic. Under his leadership the station was named California Non-Profit of the Year by Senator Melissa Hurtado (2019), and won a National Edward R. Murrow Award for investigative reporting (2022).
Ezra David Romero is an award-winning radio reporter and producer. His stories have run on Morning Edition, Morning Edition Saturday, Morning Edition Sunday, All Things Considered, Here & Now, The Salt, Latino USA, KQED, KALW, Harvest Public Radio, etc.
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