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Originally Posted by sopas ej
I thought this was interesting, and I felt it was an even-handed/objective report.
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It was a relatively fair report, but the European consultant was just plain wrong in his assertion that the project should have started and the ends and moved toward the Central Valley.
First of all, the project *has* begun at the north end, with the electrification of the Caltrain operation between San Francisco and San Jose.
Second, the only places where the trains will operate at their maximum speed will be the mostly u/c 150~ miles in the Central Valley and a short stretch of about 20 miles between Tehachapi and Palmdale.
To begin construction of a "high speed rail line" in San Francisco or in Los Angeles with no place to run the trains faster than 125mph would have soured the public. In fact, there would have been no reason to buy high speed trains.