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Could that not be a chicken and egg issue? There's no reason to build bus lines to a nonexistent train station. And without the attractive high-speed train opti
by toastal 7y ago
Could that not be a chicken and egg issue? There's no reason to build bus lines to a nonexistent train station. And without the attractive high-speed train option, who's going to take these buses in meantime? Sounds like the train could be a catalyst.
- smsm42 7y agoSan Jose has plenty of good meeting points for urban transit. It's likely the same points HSR would be using anyway. What it doesn't have is the proper urban transit - the one that exists takes hours instead of minutes to get anywhere and virtually nobody who can afford not using it uses it. Having HSR wouldn't solve any of it.
- jedberg 7y agoLA and the Bay Area have many other needs that can be met with good transit. It may not go exactly to the hypothetical train station, but if it already exists its a lot easier to extend to said station.
- vinay427 7y agoI think it is, but unfortunately this still holds the train back compared to in a place like Taiwan.