California High-Speed Rail Suffers Setback as Officials Quit
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Plans for bullet trains to crisscross California at 220 miles per hour (354 kilometers per hour) face new questions after the chief executive officer and board chairman of the project both said they would leave their positions.
Roelof van Ark, CEO of the California High-Speed Rail Authority since June 2010, will step down in about two months, Rachel Wall, a spokeswoman, said yesterday by e-mail. Tom Umberg will relinquish his position as chairman, while remaining a board member, she said.