California High Speed Trains: Alma Street, Palo Alto

This visual simulation illustrates possible design options Alma Street in Palo Alto between Peers Park and Churchill Ave.

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• palo alto
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[artwang319]

Apparently, city council members in Palo Alto and Menlo Park are suing the High speed rail authority because they don't want the train going through their cities. Actually, they want the train to stop in San Jose and not even make it all the way up to San Francisco. There's something really wrong with these people. I'm sure it's the real estate industry...

[Airbornraider27]

The people that are suing are dummies. All of the proposed designs improve traffic flow and give MAJOR improvements to the current aesthetics of the rail system. I think that actually IMPROVES land values. Freaking retards.

[sideslide23]

all these option have been scrapted, there more likely to do a blended rail ssytem from San Jose to San Fransisco, the High speed train would run on existing caltrain tracks sharing with the existing Caltrain which would reduce the cost, reduce the enviroment impact, and gives caltrain an opportunity to get electrification.

[AmazinglyAgnostic]

Out of the 4 options, the structure is beneficial in both safety and job creation.

[Coastergeekperson04]

@sideslide23 But 2 and a half hours is faster than *all* of those times.

[sideslide23]

@Coastergeekperson04 3 hours and 20 minuts is better than 6 hours when your driving and better than 8 hours if your riding greyhound bus,

[Coastergeekperson04]

@sideslide23 San Francisco to LA = 2 and a half hours. San Jose to San Francisco on a regular train = 1 hour to 90 minutes. Do you want to add 90 minutes to a two hour trip?

[Coastergeekperson04]

The retained fill looks the nicest in my opinion, but I don't think that the citizens of Palo Alto would be very satisfied with a giant "Berlin Wall" separating their neighborhood.

[sideslide23]

There working on the Render of the 45 Miles of Blended Rail system between San Fransisco and San Jose which the High speed train will share the existing tracks with Caltrian, 1 the blended rail system is the cheapest way to go, 2 this will give Caltrain a electrification.

[sideslide23]

Either they do a Blended rail system between San Jose and San Fransisco or just have the high speed rail end at San Jose and make connection with the existing Caltrain. San Jose and San Fransisco are only 42 miles appart there no reason to have a train traveling more than 80MPH.

[fresno93702]

Since the NIMBYs would never allow the structure or the retained fill, and the tunnel would be too expensive, they should opt for the full trench. It's almost as quiet as the tunnel and you wouldn't even notice it unless you were standing right over it. It would be even quieter and less intrusive than the current Caltrain!