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Originally Posted by craigs
Many Californians will arrive at future CAHSR and Brightline stations just as they currently arrive at local airports--by private car and Uber/taxi. But some Californians will also arrive by public transit, as they currently do at the airports today.
CAHSR (and perhaps Brightline, one can hope) stations will almost certainly become focal points for local public transportation systems. The San Francisco and Los Angeles stations already are. However, the question remains whether locals will take public transit to the train stations. Time will tell.
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This is an interesting case study. Brightline plans on many of their Rancho station arrivals to come from Metrolink as they have previously stated they are working with them to create a seamless schedule and transfer with ticketing and such. Sounds like they think many of their people from west of the 710 will just get to Union and do the rest via train. The question is, will people that intend on taking a train to Vegas from the Valley, South Bay, or West LA drive almost 2 hours to a park and ride Rancho Cucamonga Brightline station, or will they just drive/uber/taxi to their nearest Metrolink/Metrorail station. Time will tell
Also, a big meeting happened today at the Ziggurat in Sacramento and it looks like Foster & Partners will be one of the main architects of the CAHSR stations and German Rail operator "DeutscheBahn" is in the running to be the operator of our system