Monday, October 10, 2011

Rail planning in California

A 2005 study found a route following Highway 99 could cost as much as $800 million more to build. Rail authority spokeswoman Rachel Wall said officials rejected the alignment largely because of concerns about curves slowing the high-speed train, as well as noise and other effects on cities along the corridor Cal Watch original

This comment came in an article about routing the first leg of CAHSR. I can see the authorities point, however, since the thing is a noisy pain in the ass, lets keep it away from dense cities.
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