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Can you elaborate on why you think the route is drawn for "political gains"? I ask because the route makes sense to me geographically given that the initial use
by cjensen 9y ago
Can you elaborate on why you think the route is drawn for "political gains"? I ask because the route makes sense to me geographically given that the initial useful core route is SJC/LAX.
- 1812Overture 9y agoMain use of HSR is going to be getting to and from peripheral cities. Fresno to SF and Bakersfield to LA in under an hour would be HUGE. That's going to get used more than the full SF to LA trip.
- ghaff 9y agoI'm not convinced the HSR is a good idea. But I actually suspect, if it turns out 50 years from now to have been, it's because it created a corridor through relatively undeveloped country (yes, there are significant cities but small relative to the endpoints) that could develop along a fast transportation link. Convenient (ADDED: somewhat) fast transit between SF and LA is almost beside the point.
- robinsloan 9y agoAbsolutely agree. Even just this first segment, from Fresno to the Bay Area, is going to be transformative.
- junkscience2017 9y agounlikely. what is the daily projected carrying capacity of HSR? 10k people? Fresno has 500k already