We found this free podcast to be interesting on the topic of integrating high speed rail stations in communities in France.  Eric Eidlin is the host for two French High Speed Rail experts; Stephan de Fay, the Executive Director of Bordeaux Euratlantique, the public agency that is overseeing the redevelopment of Bordeaux’s main train station to accommodate several new high speed rail lines by 2020 and Etienne Tricaud, President and CEO of AREP, the French Railway’s architecture office. http://streetsblog.libsyn.com/episode-129-integrating-high-speed-rail-stations-with-communities-in-france-part-1