Posted Jan 29, 2026, 9:08 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: CA/AZ Nomad
Posts: 7,426
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Ok, well, you can throw data at me as much as you want, but I took it, and for the couple routes where it makes sense, I would absolutely rather cruise along at 55 MPH rather than inch along like the current street running trains do. You are arguing with user experience at the end of the day.
And there is zero political will much less funding for regional rail, so you're offering a comparison or alternative that isn't even close to existing right now and will likely never exist. None of the cost benefits for regional rail are there at all, definitely not something that's going to get 20 minute or better frequency which your comparison entirely misses. Caltrain and its agencies have had to spend billions of dollars between electrification and grade separation and has been incredibly lucky that its service area significantly taxes itself to only get 30 minute frequencies off peak.
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