Somewhat concerned that the only options considered were sharing track with the existing freight/passenger trains. This section is notoriously slow and unreliable already. I’d much prefer some new metal laid down that is specifically dedicated to high speed travel. Anyone know if that was considered and subsequently shot down elsewhere?
Do you really want CHSR to revisit anything at this point? Planning started with the CA High Speed Rail Act in 1996, and it currently has zero ridership.
The NM Rail Runner planning started in 2003 and has had a functioning system starting in 2006, 100 miles growing to 15 stations, with the entire system operating for over ten years at this point. At a cost of <$400M dollars, or $.4B dollars in CHSR-speak.
CHSR is less about rolling stock and more about laughing stock. Maybe CA should formal cede jurisdiction of the ROW, actual ownership and governance of the land, to NM so something could get done outside of the morass of CA political processes.
vscode-rest•2mo ago
Full report is here: https://hsr.ca.gov/programs/environmental-planning/project-s...
onecommentman•2mo ago
The NM Rail Runner planning started in 2003 and has had a functioning system starting in 2006, 100 miles growing to 15 stations, with the entire system operating for over ten years at this point. At a cost of <$400M dollars, or $.4B dollars in CHSR-speak.
CHSR is less about rolling stock and more about laughing stock. Maybe CA should formal cede jurisdiction of the ROW, actual ownership and governance of the land, to NM so something could get done outside of the morass of CA political processes.