Surely the city of Bakersfield will continue the resurfacing project that is taking place on Stockdale Highway/Brundage Lane by extending to the east end of that long road (toward East Brundage Lane). Are we not good enough to ride on smooth streets too, or did tax money run out at Oak Street? (Or does the city just plain-old not care about that end of the containment area?)
JERRY SHIPMAN
Bakersfield
ALBERT ABRAMS: Lesson of Spain's rail system strengthens HSR argument
The recent article by Dr. Girish Patel concerning the California high-speed rail project based much of its argument on the high-speed rail system in Spain ("Learning from experience: Some thoughts on Spain's HSR," Community Voices, Jan. 19). The major argument seemed to be that the Spanish system is not financially self-sufficient. I believe that an examination of commuter...
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