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The SF-LA transit project isn't a replacement for driving, it's a replacement for flying. Cars are replaced by local transit, the CA high speed rail line goes t
by OkayPhysicist 11mo ago
The SF-LA transit project isn't a replacement for driving, it's a replacement for flying. Cars are replaced by local transit, the CA high speed rail line goes through a whole lot of nothing (read: the worst farmland they could route through) between SF and LA. Are you sure you live around here if you're this off-base with the basic premise?
- taeric 11mo agoPeople have a habit of arguing online that this would replace people's commutes. Which, to be fair, people online have a habit of just arguing past each other.
- OkayPhysicist 11mo agoIt might speed up the commutes of people coming into the bay from Gilroy, and it might make Madera a somewhat-viable commuter town (if you don't mind 2 hour commutes), but I can't imagine many people using it for daily travel who aren't already well-served by Amtrak/Caltrain
- panick21_ 11mo agoThis is completely the wrong way of thinking about it. Long distance and short distance transport form a symbiotic relationship. And in most countries we wouldn't call multiple cities of 100k+ population 'nothing'. HSR is the spine of the transportation network, that local and regional traffic docks to making a greater whole. It increases the reach and power of public transport as a whole. For HSR to be successful, you need people using the in-between station for regional trips, not just end to end airplane like trips.