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Originally Posted by HusBy
The I-5 route is absolutely not sensible. It still would have major hurdles acquiring the land, would have added topography to contend with, and wouldn't serve anyone except for the metros at the end.
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CAHSR should have no purpose but to connect LA to SF (or SoCal to Bay Area). It was supposed to compete with flights. It was not supposed to revitalize Bakersfield or wherever. Ludicrous mission creep and I'm not aware of any HSR built like this. Frankfurt-Cologne connects Frankfurt to Cologne, period. The Germans, French and Spanish build lines where the cities along the route are marginalized, by design. Few stops, and not integrated with smaller cities and existing infrastructure.
When this first phase opens, ridership is gonna be s---, and this will energize all the naysayers. It will be initially used as a train fan theme park ride, with heavier ridership on weekends. Not great when you're asking taxpayers for $100 billion or whatever and claiming it will cut plane/car trips.
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