Tuesday: High-Speed Rail Open House at Metro
CA High-Speed Rail Authority
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — Backers hope to have the first leg of California's High-Speed Rail system up and running by 2020, but there's a lot to be decided on between now and then. The authority spearheading the effort will be bringing several of its project teams to Metro's 1 Gateway Plaza on Tuesday, September 21, for an open house to discuss various options for how the line would impact Los Angeles and Union Station.
Union Station would serve as the hub for three different high-speed rail segments: one heading north via Palmdale, another headed south to Anaheim and the final segment reaching San Diego via the Inland Empire.
Just how it will do so, though, is still up for debate. Options proposed have included elevated the high-speed tracks over Union Station's existing platforms, tunneling them below the station or placing them to the east of it. Specifics of how the line travels along the Los Angeles River are similarly up for discussion.
Models and maps for all the alternatives will be available at the open house, which is open from 4:30 to 9pm. Presentations will take place at 5:30 and 7:30pm.
Those who can't make it over to Union Station can watch online by tuning in to bit.ly/CAHighSpeedRail at either of the presentation times.
Guest on September 21, 2010, at 01:34AM – #1
Is it on Tuesday or the 22nd? Love to see this happen...
Eric Richardson (@blogdowntown) on September 21, 2010, at 05:58AM – #2
Oops. Tuesday the 21st. I'll fix that.
Guest on September 21, 2010, at 08:41AM – #3
Why do you people continue to waste tax payers money on something no one really wants. THe State is already broke, the federal Gov't is broke and you all continue to wate tax payers money tht benefits no one. More Gov't wasted money
Joel Covarrubias on September 21, 2010, at 09:04AM – #4
The location of the HSR platforms at Union Station will depend on how the tracks are going to enter Union Station. Given the fact that there are river crossings, they will probably want to go aerial.
Unfortunately, the route to the SGV isn't yet known. This complicates the task of planning where to put the LAUS platforms.
Guest on September 21, 2010, at 08:33PM – #5
I Thought the first line was going to go to Sacramento?
As for the tea bagging guest, shut up and drink some more lipton! If this is a project that nobody wants then how come the voters of California voted for it? This is not a project that is being imposed on Californians by some crazy bureaucrat who is out of touch with the people. This is something that Californians voted for. Have you heard of Prop 1A or do you just have a problem with direct democracy now?
Also, if the federal govt is broke as you say then why is it that it can still borrow money at such a low interest rate? The yield on those treasuries keeps going down and down. Your rhetoric is a joke, your ideology is a joke and your tea is a joke. Next time, do some research before you come on here and start howling like a fool.
Guest on September 21, 2010, at 09:41PM – #6
I agree that high speed rail is a money pit. I am not alone in that opinion, and I have nothing to do with tea party politics.
Bert Green (@bgfa) on September 21, 2010, at 11:07PM – #7
Why is high speed rail a money pit? You can say that all you want but you can't prove it. In EVERY country where it has been built it is a net economic generator, contributing to economic growth and attracting private investment in the places where that is encouraged.
Just because the state builds it does not make it bad. Why don't you also rail against the freeways, the local roads, the sewers, and the subway?
I don't buy the argument that public investment is bad, and neither do the voters of California.
Guest on September 22, 2010, at 07:07PM – #8
Bert...thank you for not falsely associating me with the tea party. I give you that!