HurricaneHugo:
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For those who don't think HSR will help with air traffic...
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Of more relevance here in CA:
1) A report, "Expect Delays: An Analysis of Air Travel Trends in the United States," by Brookings notes that almost half of all flights in 2009 were distances less by 500 miles. The second biggest origin/destination pair in the US is SF - LA.
http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Fil...vel_report.pdf
2) SH&E, a very well respected transportation consulting firm, estimates that 12% of passengers at San jose, 9% at Oakland, and 4% of passengers at SFO will switch to high speed rail, a total of 6M annual passengers.
http://www.thetransitcoalition.us/ne...n20100224b.pdf
3) SFO is the second-most delayed airport in the US from Jan - Aug. 2011.
http://www.bts.gov/programs/airline_.../table_04.html
4) SAN has a single runway and may be capacity constrained in coming decades.
http://www.aci-na.org/static/confere...Van%20Beek.pdf
5) High speed rail can actually improve aviation by expanding the catchment area for airports, especially SFO. This airport would be an hour (or less) from Fresno and other Central Valley cities.
http://www.aerlines.nl/wp-content/up..._AMS_BRU-1.pdf
For those who are interested, there is an excellent Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) report about the ability high speed rail to alleviate aviation capacity and delay issues in the coastal megaregions:
http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/acrp_rpt_031.pdf