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🏗 Building the US’s first 200+mph; 100% renewably powered #HSR 📍 SF↔️Central Valley↔️LA, 500+ miles, under 3⃣ hours ⚡️ & decarbonize transportation #BuildHSR
🎉Exciting news! The Los Angeles to Anaheim Project Section Draft EIR/EIS is now available for review & public comment through Tuesday, February 3, 2026.
🔗More information on how to comment & information on the planned open houses & public hearings: bit.ly/3YffIL2
Today, the Authority released a video featuring the nearly 60 completed structures to date, with highlights including:
✅ 68% of guideway completed
✅ 91% of utilities relocated
✅ 99% of right-of-way purchased
Watch: youtu.be/lMf3rnWBDbY?...
The Authority has issued a Request for Proposals, officially soliciting bids from qualified vendors to build the nation’s first high-speed rail track and systems beginning next year. 🚅💨
Learn more about the contract here: bit.ly/4rjFIm9
The Central Valley Training Center (CVTC) celebrates fifth anniversary & recognizes 20 new graduates of the program! 🎉
The CVTC pre-apprenticeship program offers:
🦺 Intros to 10 trades
🧱 Hands-on training
🤝 Several industry certifications
Info: bit.ly/4pmp8zW
See the latest high-speed rail project updates, meet the Authority's new Small Business Advocate + more in our Fall 2025 Small Business Newsletter!
🔗 bit.ly/3HuuiEw
Authority CEO Ian Choudri joined Executive Director Blake Zante on The Maddy Report for a high-speed rail discussion, including an overview of the project, opportunities and challenges + more! 🚅⚡
See the episode here: bit.ly/48iqG8q
Here's a closer look at this year's Annual Small Business Diversity and Resources Fair!
🤝300+ small businesses in attendance
🚅40 exhibitors + networking opportunities
🤝Matchmaking with 18 prime contractors
More info: hsr.ca.gov/2025/10/24/p...
Pelosi has made a longstanding mark on the project, including in 2024 at the future northern terminus for California, signing the wall in the Salesforce Transit Center trainbox in downtown San Francisco. Cheers to you and the future of transportation!
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Thank you, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, for your dedication and effort to help make high-speed rail a reality in California.👏 (1/2)
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COMPLETE: Hanford Armona Road Grade Separation
📍Kings County
About the structure:
✅ Spans 209 ft., 80 ft. Wide
✅ Ninth structure to be completed this year
✅ Will take traffic over future high-speed rail tracks
Learn more: bit.ly/3Lfok1f
COMPLETE: Avenue 17 Grade Separation
📍Madera County
The grade separation will:
🤝Serve as a new through roadway improving east-west mobility for the community
🚑Reduce emergency response times
🚅Take traffic & pedestrians over BNSF & future HSR tracks
bit.ly/4qBg4so
"It’s really 'build more and go forward.' We will hire a contractor who will start laying tracks next year. We are now about to finish 120 miles of the civil works by the end of 2026. This is the plan." - Authority CEO Ian Choudri
Read more: bit.ly/4ojTF1m (via Smart Cities Dive) #BuildHSR
The California High-Speed Rail Authority hosted its Annual Small Business Diversity and Resources Fair, bringing together more than 300 small businesses from across the state at the Burlingame Community Center! 🤝🚅⚡
Learn more: hsr.ca.gov/2025/10/24/p...
Improvements for Fullerton's downtown train station include:
🚅 Faster passenger train traffic for all trains.
🚶Smoother pedestrian access to the station and city streets.
👍Better reliability for passenger travel times.
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As we prepare to release our draft EIR/EIS for the Los Angeles to Anaheim section, we want to highlight how this section will improve transit for everybody in Southern California.
See the video for more info! (1/2)
Authority CEO Ian Choudri thanks the International Union of Railways (UIC) for his new position as Vice Chair of the North American Regional Assembly and for representation on the UIC's Executive Board.
Learn more here: bit.ly/42d4SYE
Authority CEO Ian Choudri thanks State leaders for a continued commitment to delivering California’s high-speed rail project by agreeing to reauthorize the Cap-and-Invest program, securing $1 billion for the project annually through 2045.🚅🤝
🔗 bit.ly/4mX3zVR
Another cohort completed the Central Valley Training Center pre-apprenticeship program!
To date, more than 100,000 training hours have been provided to students, resulting in 284 individuals completing the program 🎉
Learn more: bit.ly/3VEvnCp
The California High-Speed Rail Authority Board of Directors approved proceeding with procurements to purchase high-speed rail materials, a major milestone to accelerate track and systems construction, slated to begin in the next year! 🤝🚅
Learn more: bit.ly/3HYkB6K
JUST RELEASED: Supplemental Project Update Report 🚅⚡
This report provides a clear path forward to connect the high-speed rail system to Northern and Southern California via the Central Valley by 2039.
Learn more here: bit.ly/4fSRj6c
COMPLETE: Avenue 88 Grade Separation
📍Tulare County
Avenue 88 is the latest structure to be completed in the Central Valley and will now take traffic over SR 43 along with the BNSF railroad + future high-speed rail tracks!
Learn more here: bit.ly/47CRh08
Support & shop local artists and learn about transit modernization projects in San Francisco. Plus, you'll have a chance to win fun prizes courtesy of SF Transit Riders and more!
Sponsored by the CA High-Speed Rail Authority, @transitcentersf.bsky.social, @sftru.bsky.social & @bart.gov
Celebrate Bay Area Transit Month at the intersection of art and public transportation at the Salesforce Transit Center!
📅Sept. 24 from 3p-6p
📍TJPA's Salesforce Transit Center Grand Hall @ 425 Mission St., SF
🔗RSVP: lu.ma/bo4xi972
Free & open to the public! All ages welcome!
Authority CEO Ian Choudri discusses new long-term funding, private partnerships and even turning to one of California’s newest “natural” resources: The AI data center. (Forbes)
Read more here: bit.ly/45sHbfz
✅ COMPLETE: Tulare Street Underpass and Grade Separation in Fresno!
The Authority, alongside local and state leaders, celebrated the completion of the project with a ribbon cutting ceremony in Fresno's Historic Chinatown.
Learn more: hsr.ca.gov/2025/07/31/p...
#BuildHSR
America’s only high-speed rail project underway is fast approaching the track-laying phase, with 171 miles under active construction and design, 15,500 jobs created, & 50+ major structures completed.
This is no time for Washington to walk away on America's transportation future. 🚄🤝#BuildHSR
In response to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA):
Canceling these grants without cause isn’t just wrong — it’s illegal. These are legally binding agreements, and the Authority has met every obligation, as confirmed by repeated federal reviews, as recently as February 2025.
Here's a look at the 17th cohort of the Central Valley Training Center pre-apprenticeship program where students:
🤝 Work with journeyman-level instructors
🚧 Learn about construction trades
👍 Earn industry-specific certifications + more!
More info: cvtcprogram.com
CONSTRUCTION UPDATE: The Avenue 17 Grade Separation in Madera County will improve east to west mobility! 🤝
Once a dead end, the grade separation will allow vehicular traffic to travel along Ave 17 from Lake St. to Raymond Rd, over the existing freight & future HSR tracks.🚄💨
#BuildCA #BuildHSR
Construction Update: The Avenue 88 Grade Separation in Tulare County is close to completion! ✅
The overpass is ready to be paved & striped! When complete, the grade separation will take traffic over State Route 43, the BNSF & future HSR tracks. 🚄💨
#BuildCA #BuildHSR
