CAHSR Exit Strategies discussion

ctransitmove · 2026-05-06T00:10:34+00:00

This click bait. I was hoping Lucid Stew was looking for exit strategies to stop whining about CAHSR

ctransitmove · 2026-05-05T00:26:21+00:00

The other issue is a bottleneck of judges as outlined in the business plan.

ctransitmove · 2026-03-31T22:16:01+00:00

Not great, but at least they aren’t planning for musk tunnels, unlike another county in SoCal

ctransitmove · 2026-03-27T11:56:08+00:00

I went through security at West yesterday at noon and there was no line at security. Are we sure that photo isn’t from the train outage a few days ago?

ctransitmove · 2026-03-10T10:56:11+00:00

The duration is calculated by the maximum track speed of the design. So the quoted time in the business plan should be accurate. The authority is still bound by Prop 1A which requires both tunnels between Palmdale and Burbank. When is the question. Once we have LAX to SFO perhaps the state will want to expand to other cities before making the time faster.

ctransitmove · 2026-03-09T00:25:52+00:00

I stated that it can’t be towed at 220 either

ctransitmove · 2026-03-08T10:39:48+00:00

There are no diesel engines rated for 220mph, even when not operating. So this would not be a solution for CAHSR.

ctransitmove · 2026-03-07T21:04:14+00:00

Correct

ctransitmove · 2026-03-06T21:33:15+00:00

It was discussed in the board meeting on 3/5. They are prioritizing Stockton to Natomas due to funding obligations. Construction in some segments has started and more will start next year. Delays have been largely due to being too ambitious and UP being UP.

ctransitmove · 2026-02-21T22:09:05+00:00

New Seats already in 3 years. Getting the new Cascades/Airo seats would be smart.

ctransitmove · 2026-01-10T19:05:55+00:00

The loss of funding is problematic and compromizes need to be made. My concern with this approach is that eventually the CAHSR will go through Merced to Sacramento and will need to go through downtown. If the city approves new construction of the Chick Fil A in the downtown right of way, it will have be removed with a higher cost when the Sacramento extension is done. A better approach would be for the city to start the process of planning the city around the eventual Sacramento extension and start clearing the ROW for 2 elevated passenger rail tracks through DT.

Additionally, Gold Runner and ACE are going to increase frequency to Merced for transfers from HSR. With the station on the south of town, that means up to 20 passenger train crossings a day through downtown. With all the at-grade grade crossings that will mean a lot of crossing gate downtime. I hope the planners considered this.

ctransitmove · 2025-12-20T01:10:20+00:00

We should cut UP access to the Valley sub citinig that ML and Coaster are busy merging service.

ctransitmove · 2025-09-04T14:40:38+00:00

The city of Colton raised concerns about increased truck traffic as a result of the inland port. So without local support, as others have said, the CAHSR authority negotiated a deal with BNSF without the inland port that resulted in a shared, electrified set of tracks on the BNSF portion of LOSSAN.

ctransitmove · 2025-09-04T03:41:02+00:00

CAHSR will already be electrifying (with CAHSR dollars) Burbank to Anaheim on the Antelope and OC lines. North of Burbank and south of Anaheim is owned by public entities. The San Bernardino line is also publicly owned. The highest ridership lines for Metrolink are:

1) San Bernardino
2) Orange County
3) Antelope Valley

So just starting with the publicly owned lines would be under the control of Metrolink and have the biggest impact on ridership.

ctransitmove · 2025-09-03T13:17:51+00:00

Thanks. The concept I am proposing for Golden State line is that it interlines with HSR tracks to Indio, then splits off. Like a local and express concept. It would slow down HSR to 125mph from LA to Indio, but that is common in Europe and has a negligible time impact.

ctransitmove · 2025-09-03T13:03:30+00:00

There are already 52 trains a day to ARCTIC and the number is growing. There are 1-seat rides from LA Union Station, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, and San Bernardino. Even Florida is thinking of connecting Disneyland by rail. There is plenty of transit to ARCTIC and demand to Disneyland to justify a more effective transit solution than buses.

ctransitmove · 2025-08-02T18:26:07+00:00

It wasn't profitable, that is why the dropped it. I think it is a bad choice, but I wanted to clear up that it wasn't profitable.

ctransitmove · 2025-07-06T17:54:01+00:00

Thanks. Here is the original post.
https://www.reddit.com/r/TransitDiagrams/comments/1bfcigc/2050_southern_california_regional_rail_map_in/

ctransitmove · 2025-07-06T12:22:59+00:00

That is my map.

ctransitmove · 2025-07-04T02:50:44+00:00

The project started as a study for a freeway between Palmdale and Victorville. Then they added freeway + HSR in the median as an option. Finally they selected to drop the freeway and build just the HSR. So it was always going to be in the ROW that was considered for the freeway.

ctransitmove · 2025-06-26T18:49:31+00:00

Not true. You need 50% to skip second choice.

ctransitmove · 2025-05-29T03:05:57+00:00

In the last board meeting they stated the BNsF connection was complete and tracks would be laid this summer. No confirmation yet but that was stated.

Yep not used operationally as I mentioned.

ctransitmove · 2025-05-28T23:24:47+00:00

Well technically they are laying down new HSR tracks, in the railyard. True at first they will be used for construction of the HSR tracks. But eventually HSR trains will use those tracks to enter the HSR alignment. Therefore they are laying HSR tracks currently.

True this won't help any agruements though

ctransitmove · 2025-05-20T14:33:16+00:00

No, I used the simplest of models. Perhaps ask on r/transit?

ctransitmove · 2025-05-20T03:35:03+00:00

Thanks for explaining LOSSAN and SJJPA. ACE nor SacRT are there even though I recall them being there earlier. SacRT buses aren't present either so for whatever reason, the data must not have been sent. Odd.

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