No Rush to Catch the Train

Adib Kanafani

University of California Transportation Center, Working Papers from University of California Transportation Center

Abstract: There is little doubt that a high-speed rail line could be built in the California corridor, connecting San Francisco and Los Angeles. To be sure some major obstacles must be reckoned with. It will have to cross the Tehachapi Mountains directly, if it's to keep travel time under control. This means some extensive and expensive tunneling. The large, low-density, and expansive metropolitan regions of the Los Angeles Basin and the San Francisco Bay Area will have to be penetrated by an exclusive, grade-separated rail system, which will also require some extensive urbn construction. Nontechnical but equally tough obstacles would include possibly opposition by communities along the corridor, especially in rural areas where the high-speed line would cut through but not serve.

Keywords: Social and Behavioral Sciences; Life Sciences; Engineering; high-speed rail; San Francisco; Los Angeles; rail systems; California corridor; public transportation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1994-03-01
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