High Speed Rail in the Snail Mail / Email Again...

Gramps:

Back about end of September I got in the mail an invite to complain about new High Speed Rail running through GT.

Received another one today in the mail.

Speaking with my neighbors, they say they are all for it.

However when you tell then it will buzz by w/o stopping, then the tune changes. How can they then?

They thought we were on the route and going to get a depot?

Then they ask how much is this going to cost me?

Gramp notes: High Speed Rail is an interesting technology. Some are less noise than the current trains chugging by your house. Design and type of equipment is a question that needs to be asked. In addition pedestrian and auto traffic should be an issue. Most plans either have the tracks elevated over crossings. It is quite a splat when these trains bump into something or go off the rail path. Again a good question as to design and safety.

High Speed Rail is not Metro Link. However, there being a stop near by or not is also a good question due to the real fact that most households in Grand Terrace and Highgrove send at least one member out onto the freeway commute to work every day. Improved Public Transportation is needed. There are some less costly ways and than others.

You bet I support the Metro Link Stop in Highgrove or some where closer than Riverside or San Bernardino. It stops in Clairmont and Montclair just minutes apart on the Sbdno/LA run... so why the bad service to Orange County? Having a stop in Highgrove or even Colton would save time and relieve parking at the other station stops.

Now the real reason for the High Speed train is to load Californians and their money up and take them to Nevada to Las Vegas to empty their pockets there rather than in California. This train is designed to suck money and taxes right out of California. It is not intended for daily commuter use. It will be too costly to ride on a daily basis.

I think Local Jobs, are better than long commutes. Move products not employees and you gain in sustainability of a community and improve the environment. I think improving current systems Metro Link should trump High Speed Rail. We move fast enough now... Slow down and enjoy California.