TRAC Issues Plan B
02/24/14 Filed in: High-Speed
Rail
The Train Riders
Association of California has issued its Plan B, what
to do when the HSRA’s project craters. The Plan
strategically attempts to use the $2.4 billion in
federal ARRA funds before they expire in 2017. This
Plan B differs from TRANSDEF’s Plan
B, which
proposed a wholesale revision of Proposition 1A
and a repurposing of the entire $6 billion dollars
appropriated for the Central Valley project. That
plan has much greater uncertainties, because it
would require a return to the voters. The time
involved in doing that, given the very short
timelines for construction, favors taking a more
strategic approach. Hence, TRAC’s Plan B: