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> Well, for starters, whose bright idea was it to start building from Bakersfield to Merced. Approximately nobody needs to travel between these two cities. Unti
by AnimalMuppet 2y ago
> Well, for starters, whose bright idea was it to start building from Bakersfield to Merced. Approximately nobody needs to travel between these two cities. Until you connect it to either SF or LA, it just becomes an expensive money pit.
It's slightly worse: Until you connect it to both SF and LA, it's a money pit, because not enough people need to travel from LA to Merced, either.
- Gibbon1 2y agoOne of the advantages of running the line along the HWY99 corridor is that's also next to the existing rail which has a lot of at grade crossing. Much of the work is building separated grade crossings for both high speed rail and the freight rail. Another part of the project is electrification of Caltrain. That project is complete and in the final stages of testing with service planning to begin in the fall. That will eliminate pollution and noise from diesel trains and cut the travel time by 25 minutes.