During the June primary campaign, the Democratic candidate for state controller opposed Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to build
a faster rail connection between San Francisco and Los Angeles by the year 2029.
The Bay Area Council Economic Institute and Central Valley Community Foundation today announced the launch of an in - depth study to examine Fresno's important role in the
fast - emerging Northern California megaregion and how the arrival of high speed
rail over the next decade will dramatically accelerate economic
connections between Silicon Valley and the broader Bay Area and the state's fifth largest city.
The current daily service is seasonal Two additional services per day to Blackpool from Birmingham throughout the year Improved services between Manchester and Sunderland which are
faster than local rail services Better connections to Manchester Airport from Newcastle, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, and Birmingham Faster journeys between Liverpool and Manchester to Middlesbrough, Sunderland and Newcastle - upon - Tyne Two new non stop journeys per day between Leeds and Birmingham Extra daily journeys between Birmingham and Bristol New daily service between Manchester, Southampton and Portsmouth New daily service between West Wales and Cardiff to boost tourism Extra daily service between Leeds, Edinburgh and G
faster than local
rail services Better
connections to Manchester Airport from Newcastle, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, and Birmingham
Faster journeys between Liverpool and Manchester to Middlesbrough, Sunderland and Newcastle - upon - Tyne Two new non stop journeys per day between Leeds and Birmingham Extra daily journeys between Birmingham and Bristol New daily service between Manchester, Southampton and Portsmouth New daily service between West Wales and Cardiff to boost tourism Extra daily service between Leeds, Edinburgh and G
Faster journeys between Liverpool and Manchester to Middlesbrough, Sunderland and Newcastle - upon - Tyne Two new non stop journeys per day between Leeds and Birmingham Extra daily journeys between Birmingham and Bristol New daily service between Manchester, Southampton and Portsmouth New daily service between West Wales and Cardiff to boost tourism Extra daily service between Leeds, Edinburgh and Glasgow
That done, for remaining necessary business travel, even if transoceanic travel was reduced to ship speed and intercontinental ground travel was done by
rail, if reliable and
fast internet
connection was placed aboard, the resultant greater transit times could easily be accounted for in planning and some level of productivity maintained during travel itself.