High-Speed Rail Circus Comes to Fullerton
The High-Speed Rail Authority is bringing the show to our own Fullerton Senior Center on Thursday evening.
Considered by many to be the greatest boondoggle in the history of California, high speed rail will waste billions of dollars, threaten homes and businesses throughout the state while claiming to solve an inter-state transit problem that doesn’t exist.
Be sure to get informed before you attend.
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) will host a public open house in the City of Fullerton to provide the community with a project update, information about the proposed alternative alignments, design options, and station locations being considered, as well as details pertaining to the environmental process. Residents will be able to see which areas might be needed for right-of way acquisition.
Fullerton is being considered for a station, in competition with Norwalk for the only other station between Anaheim and Los Angeles.
CHSRA is planning high-speed train service for travel between major metropolitan areas of California. The high-speed train is proposed to connect Anaheim to San Francisco in less than three hours. The Los Angeles to Anaheim high-speed train section proposes to travel adjacent to the existing Los Angeles to San Diego Rail Corridor from LA Union Station to the future Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC), although OCTA and Metro are now proposing a shared-track agreement.
Thursday, April 29, 2010, 5 to 8 p.m., presentation at 6 p.m.
Fullerton Senior Center, 340 W. Commonwealth Ave.
For more information, call (877) 724-5422
Please be sure to visit http://reason.org/news/show/1003044.html for an excellent analysis of this travesty.
http://www.redcounty.com/state-audit-nails-high-speed-rail/39262
HSR busted by State audit, just in time for tonight’s meeting.
flying in the face of logic, i liked the idea of a high speed rail system. It would open up central California to LA, OC and Frisco (I like saying Frisco because it offends the effete residents of this city).
So you liked the idea of other people using it. I hear a lot of that. Nobody ever says “I will use it myself.”
I already use the LOSSAN Corridor, which sees hundreds of smoking, belching, loud diesel trains per day. The addition of high speed trains will not increase noise or pollution. The adoption of a shared track alternative would benefit existing commuters by improving Amtrak and Metrolink run times. With advanced signaling and grade separations, Metrolink and Amtrak trains can reach speeds up to 90-110 MPH.
I’m not exactly sure what the auditor busted. They stated the obvious, you can’t build the thing if you don’t have the money. Yet there are expansive efforts to acquire that funding. It doesn’t all come at once. It will most likely be appropriated little by little each year.
Spokker, last year you were advocating strongly against the LA to San Diego portion of the HSR boondoggle. What made you change your mind?