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Originally Posted by pesto
LA-Bay traffic is immaterial to the CV. You need to address local car traffic, trucks, industrial and ag uses if you are really interested in reducing pollution there.
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North-south freeway trips within California strongly affect Central Valley air quality, and CAHSR can be part of the solution to bad air in the middle of the state.
The Central Valley has endured seven weeks of record pollution this winter, and the #2 contributor to the hazardous PM 2.5 readings is, according to ABC News, long-haul trucks rolling up and down the 5 and 99 freeways:
"Cutting through the valley are the state's two main north-south highway corridors, the routes for nearly all long-distance tractor trailer rigs, the No. 2 source of particulate pollution in the valley."
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/r...tland-15311690
CAHSR can replace some of those polluting trucks. The CAHSR Authority has already expressed interest in carrying "small packages, parcels, letters, or any other freight that would not exceed typical passenger loads" in "either specialized freight cars on passenger trains or on dedicated lightweight freight trains" with the "same performance characteristics as the passenger equipment....without adjustment to the passenger operational plan or modification to the passenger stations."
http://www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov/technology.aspx
CAHSR freight service would, the Authority says, work especially well for moving "medium-weight high-value, time-sensitive goods (such as electronic equipment or perishable items) on the high-speed train track...overnight when it wouldn’t interfere with passenger operations..." Source:
http://www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov/technology.aspx
To recap, the facts show long-haul trucks plying the 5 and 99 freeways between Northern and Southern California are the #2 cause of hazardous Central Valley air pollution this winter; CAHSR can take some of those polluting trucks off the congested north-south freeways in the Central Valley.
You only discredit yourself when you continue to post opinions rooted not in the facts, but rooted only in your own biases and wishful thinking.