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Originally Posted by urban_encounter
I still question whether the entire system will be grossly obsolete by the time it’s complete.
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This system is big-time and is going to restructure life throughout the state. Was the Northeast Corridor rendered obsolete by Trump's shuttle?
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Maybe we should have considered maglev or hyper loop.
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Maglev barely exists. What is being built in Japan right now is orders of magnitude more ambitious than CAHSR.
The hyper loop is a scam.
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But we would be wise to not put all of our eggs in one basket and try to complete HSR to include the Sacramento and San Diego extensions (sadly not in my lifetime).
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This is an incomplete sentence, so your specific intent is unclear, but I will attempt to address it. Many people advocate for upgrades to ACE and the Capitol Corridor on par with what is going on with Caltrains on the peninsula right now. Many people envision a unified, electric system that connects all three systems through a second Transbay Tube. This unified system would compliment and be integrated with CAHSR on the Peninsula and possibly in the East Bay, including the planned branch from the wye up to Sacramento.