The High Speed Rail in California will allow you to leave San Francisco at 8am and arrive in LA by 10:30 at a cost less than 1/2 of airfare. Wow. Where do I sign up? The MagLev in Shang Hai is terrific at a couple of hundred miles per hour but is very very short. The High Speed Rail in California will eventually be 800 miles in length and will connect SF to LA and will include Sacramento as well.
Well, it might not be until 2020, but expect the impact to be enormous. Especially, if you life next door. One of the big issues for cities along the peninsula to wrestle to the ground is whether and how much neighborhoods continguous with the tracks of the impact of the high speed train can be shielded from noise. There does not seem to be much specific information available, but stay tuned.
To follow developments on this vital topic, I’d recommend you stop in on the website which is updated frequently. You can also get a good idea of the route and a simulation of the views of the train en route.
Check it out: www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov
