This sounds like my wishlist for Caltrain. The population size, the scale of the project, are comparable. Why can Dutch do this, and we can't?
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Maastrich buries its traffic underground, Caltrain stays above ground
Original post made by atotic, Old Palo Alto, on Oct 16, 2019
This sounds like my wishlist for Caltrain. The population size, the scale of the project, are comparable. Why can Dutch do this, and we can't?
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Posted by Anon
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Oct 16, 2019 at 1:08 pm
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Oct 16, 2019 at 1:08 pm
Previous threads have discussed the engineering requirements for high-speed rail but, mainly, curves and elevation changes have to be much more gradual for the high-speed trains. The Maastricht auto route swoops around way too much to be directly comparable. On the other hand, sure, it could be done, but, it would require funding and a commitment beyond the city limits.
Posted by resident
a resident of Downtown North
on Oct 16, 2019 at 1:46 pm
a resident of Downtown North
on Oct 16, 2019 at 1:46 pm
If burying Caltrain is too difficult, how about burying Hwy 101 and reusing all that beautiful bayshore land? Hwy 101 is much uglier than Caltrain.
Posted by Ahem
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Oct 16, 2019 at 9:50 pm
a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
on Oct 16, 2019 at 9:50 pm
Caltrain is really San Francisco's and San Jose's system. San Francisco and San Jose reap the lion's share of Caltrain's meager benefits. San Francisco and San Jose don't really care about Caltrain's impact on the mid-Peninsula. San Francisco and San Jose have somehow managed to find a way to fund and build all new BART and Caltrain extensions through their cities underground.
Mid-Peninsula cities are colonies of San Francisco and San Jose.
