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Originally Posted by Crawford
I don't understand what that has to do with HSR. HSR isn't going to have more ridership bc commuter rail is expanding. The claim is that HSR's relative success is predicated on grabbing market share from airlines. A commuter train to Chico isn't going to have any impact.
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...because it's only incrementally more expensive to piggy-back commuter rail improvements than to not do them. This means commuter rail gets transformative electrification and a tunnel to a new terminal station in SF for a fraction of the cost of just doing it for the commuter rail line. LA commuter rail gets full grade separation from Burbank to Anaheim, almost for free.