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Originally Posted by jtown,man
In the particular case of HSR in California, just not having a spur to LV would end any worry or extra time spent dealing with two states. However, I get your overall point, but most things do not cross borders like transportation does.
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I don't anticipate that the LV thing is really going to happen.
The right way to do this is to create a 3-state agency to handle a triangle of HSR between LA/SD, Las Vegas, and Phoenix.
A line between Phoenix and Las Vegas could use the Phoenix-SoCal tracks past the Calfornia border, then travel due north parallel to US 95. Such an alignment would avoid having to cross the Colorado River at the Hoover Dam or any of the difficult spots to the south.
Much of the construction would be through a landscape like this:
https://www.google.com/maps/@35.0974...7i16384!8i8192