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Originally Posted by craigs
California is not Europe. California is centuries younger. Those Central Valley cities that the usual outstate detractors deride as unpopulated and unworthy will become populated and worthy. It's better to start planning future growth around public transportation starting now.
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If the I-5 route is so much faster and so much cheaper, then there is nothing stopping CAHSR from building a
second mainline along the originally proposed alignment. It's SO cheap, right?
But it would be absurd to spend $15~ billion dollars on 160~ miles of track that will save 15-20 minutes and not add any capacity because the two parallel mainlines would have to funnel into the two-track mountain tunnels at either end.
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Originally Posted by sammyg
Fresno is already about the size of Memphis, New Orleans, Salt Lake City, and Buffalo. People just don't realize how big it is because it's overshadowed by the major cities on the coast.
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Fresno's metro area is now bigger than Honolulu, and the much better-known Hawaiian capital now has a fully grade separated metro line.
Back in the 90s, there was a serious proposal for HSR between Atlanta and Chattanooga (pop. 550,000), and now any rail proposal between Nashville and Atlanta includes a stop in Chattanooga.
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