Prior to the creation of the Commission, in 1989 the California legislature had created another: the California-Nevada Super Speed Train Commission. Commission staff projected that a high-speed train would reach
Anaheim as early as 1998, and that the final construction of a complete high-speed rail network linking all of California would be completed by 2039. The California Intercity High Speed Rail Commission was created via
California Senate Resolution No. 6. The Commission conducted four key studies for its twenty-year plan, namely: economic impact and comparison with other modes of transport; demand and market study; route and environmental constraints; and an institutional and financing options analysis. In 1996, the Board of Directors consisted of nine directors, with Dean R. Dunphy as Chairman and Daniel S. Leavitt as Executive Director of the Commission. which aspires to build the
California High-Speed Rail project. In 2025, the Authority hoped to connect
Gilroy (111 kilometres south of San Francisco) to
Palmdale (83 kilometres north of Los Angeles) in 2045, 52 years after the Commission's creation. == References ==