kryptos:
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ANAHEIM – For years, the idea of a high-speed rail system in California has been sold as a line that would whisk passengers from the San Francisco Bay Area to the resort area of Anaheim.
But now it appears that line will stop short of the Disneyland area, ending instead in Los Angeles – at least in the first phase, according to new plans released by the California High Speed Rail authority this week.
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As noted on another blog, the per mile cost of extending high speed rail from LA to Orange County will be less than widening I-5 next to the LA/Orange County border, which will cost $228M per mile.
Caltrans Begins I-5 Widening in Santa Fe Springs
http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist07/Publica...ory.php?id=676
This is occurring at a time when vehicle miles traveled (VMT) has decreaesd every year for the past 4-5 years, yet you don't hear the high speed rail critics and Ayn Rand-disciples suggesting that investing in freeways is a boondoggle.