Former hermit writes for the Chronicle

Bill Buchanan

Bill Buchanan, pictured above in 2007, has been living in a cave in the Sierra Nevadas since 2008. He emerged recently and was hired as its "train correspondent" by the SF Chronicle. 

After a shave and a haircut, Buchanan provided San Francisco's only daily newsaper with a timely opinion piece: A red-eye train between LA and SF is a no-brainer for California travel — why don't we have the option?

Click on "High-Speed Rail" below for some answers to Buchanan's question.

See also Streetsblog, the Chronicle, and high-speed rail and It's Biden's boondoggle now.