This 3D animation demonstrates how high speed rail will connect to other transit and development in Sacramento. Working closely with the City of Sacramento and developers Thomas Enterprises, Inc. made it possible to provide a complete picture of how high speed rail will fit into the proposed station area. In all, the 240 acres of undeveloped land in downtown Sacramento are being transformed into a master-planned, mixed-use development that will become a hub for trains, buses and light rail. This proposed development is reflected in our animation.
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May 29th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
as cool as it looks, until cali gets their unions under control, the illegals dealt with, and a new tax/regulation structure, this is a dream.
May 29th, 2010 at 7:26 pm
this system should be started with the financial aid of the government. Then should be let go and have companies operate it. Anything that is government run turns to rubish few years after it’s establishment. This is the problem with it. In France and Japan. Both HSR systems are operated by companies.
May 29th, 2010 at 8:09 pm
i wanna move there
May 29th, 2010 at 8:38 pm
@Majorcue: Oh, yeah. Because pressing the same key twice can’t possibly be an accident… You’re so ignorant and you’re probably one of those people who think very highly of themselves. I know very well the difference between the words. Just like I know the difference between, “they’re, their, and there,” as well as, “your and you’re.” So, if you want to stop being a d-bag and have a mildly intelligent conversation then feel free to reply; otherwise, don’t bother.
May 29th, 2010 at 8:49 pm
@McSwagger830 Why is it you Obamatard-libs always talk about Bush to defend The Messiah? If you’re right, and Bush was the worst president ever, does that justify the Teleprompter turning this country into a Socialist, or Marxist state? Move to Cuba, why don’t you, if you like Socialism so much… It’s a short trip, and you’ll have great cigars. Unfortunately, you won’t be able to afford them.
May 29th, 2010 at 9:28 pm
@gibb1991 Ultimate A-hole? I think you’re proving yourself to be exactly that with all of your posts here. If you hadn’t criticized someone else’s spelling of Amtrak, I wouldn’t have said anything. And it wasn’t a typo. You didn’t know the difference between the words, just like many people today. It’s a common error.
May 29th, 2010 at 10:17 pm
@Majorcue: Chill out. So what, I hit the “o” key an extra time by accident. Didn’t know someone could be the ultimate a**hole over the most simple typo.
May 29th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
@eyemavol01: My apologies for the typo.
May 29th, 2010 at 10:54 pm
@gibb1991: My apologies….I’ve not had the opportunities to get close enough to one of the trains in order to confirm the correct spelling. I hope I didn’t “Loose” any respect over this small oversight?
May 29th, 2010 at 11:08 pm
as if we had the money to do this? sacramento is barely holding up the transiet:P
May 30th, 2010 at 12:00 am
@gibb1991 Funny that you criticize someone else’s spelling. Where you say loose, you mean lose. Lose your keys, lose a bet, etc. Becoming loose is what happens to a nut and bolt, or to your girlfriend when you don’t pay her enough attention.
May 30th, 2010 at 12:40 am
believe it or not, America had high speed train in the 1930s, because some of the train such as the Hiawatha that cruised the zephys reached 112.5 MPH and in the 1939s the fastest train in the America hit 125 MPH after the upgrade, these High speed train were powered by steam. so that was the very first High speed train before the Shinkansen.
May 30th, 2010 at 1:11 am
@eyemavol01: Uh-huh, and our highways loose $18 billion per year and our airports loose $15 billion. You’re way off. Amtrak (you might want to spell it properly next time) doesn’t even get $1 billion per year from Federal Funding. Comparing Amtrak’s current services to High Speed Rail is absolutely preposturous.
May 30th, 2010 at 1:41 am
@franklindavid We got a good freight rail network, not it is time for a passenger rail network including high-speed
May 30th, 2010 at 2:27 am
Time to consider trains to solve our commuting problems. We expand our freeways spending the tax payers money, yet we dont seem to get rid of the congestion. Freeways suck!
May 30th, 2010 at 2:42 am
Only in our dreams this will happen.
May 30th, 2010 at 3:06 am
McSwagger…now calm down. Although, addressing me as “Boy” was nice given my age. Kuddos! Back to topic…uhmm, yes…a BS Obama-like symbol is what I see. BTW, there is no evidence supporting ANY logical pursuit towards fixing a thing in this country. Nothing he’s pursued can be supported mathematically to solve anything other than taking us ALL down to the….bottom. Social equality for all!
May 30th, 2010 at 3:50 am
Obama-like symbol??? boy listen, bush and the cronies didnt do shit for you, me, or any other american, and u expect the world to change in ONE YEAR? THE NATIONAL DEBT TO GO DOWN IN ONE YEAR? yeah right get a life
May 30th, 2010 at 3:59 am
sacramento is so lame, this video looks promising and has great potential of what could be, but with this economy and the people working in sac, this is unfortunately not going to happen..
May 30th, 2010 at 4:10 am
I’m so glad I left that state! You’re so deep in the red now and can’t pay for the fairytail BS candy currently “entitled” to your non-working and grossly over-compensated union members. Did taxpayers pay for these cute but expensive movies? USPS and Amtrack lose around $10 Billion a year all tabbed to American taxpayers…Get ready Cali (those who do pay taxes)…you’d eat a lot more if this ever passed. BTW…love the ridiculous Obama-like symbol on the train! Hope & Change going well?
May 30th, 2010 at 4:20 am
@sideslide: That is all well an fine, BUT, to make a true high speed system it would cost a ton of money just to grade that terrain. Hopefully they scale it down so it will be LESS of a drag on California.
Ciao!
May 30th, 2010 at 4:57 am
Indeed, I have heard of plans to simply use the CalTrain route as the spur up to San Fran; especially as it is being electrified with the correct equipment to allow that to happen, and eliminating several grade crossings. It seems a likely shortcut to save money on the initial, plus I would count on the speeds being raised somewhat with more refitting. If they were to build a dedicated spur line, it’d probably be more sensible to build it as a later ‘extension’ rather than in the base system.
May 30th, 2010 at 5:00 am
there talking about just having the HSR go from L.A. to San Jose istead of all the way to San fransisco because of Palo Alto so if people want to go to SF they’ll have to make connection with the Caltrain in San Jose and take it all the way to SF or eliminate the baby bullet express and put the High speed train on the existing caltrain tracks and operat at low speed of 80 MPH
May 30th, 2010 at 5:23 am
@sideslide23: Problem is Rail has a hard time just breaking even. This line is going to cost at least 100 billion ( no way 50 billion will cover costs). This huge amount of money is a total drag on the system. It will be very hard to pay for this system without very high fares OR THE GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIZING the hell out of each trip……..BLEEECH!
May 30th, 2010 at 6:03 am
very true because Amtrak have piss 23 billions of dollar to stay alive and upgrade their routs. and Amtrak should get their own right away so they don’t share with freight rail like Caltrain has their own right away.