Comments on: Video: CalWatchdog in depth — High Speed Rail (5) https://calwatchdog.com/2014/07/24/video-calwatchdog-in-depth-high-speed-rail-5/ Fri, 25 Jul 2014 21:50:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: Robert S. Allen https://calwatchdog.com/2014/07/24/video-calwatchdog-in-depth-high-speed-rail-5/#comment-89238 Fri, 25 Jul 2014 21:50:21 +0000 http://calwatchdog.com/?p=66166#comment-89238 The real problem with Blended Rail is that it includes grade crossings. It’s unsafe and unreliable, where Prop 1-A (2008) called for “Safe, Reliable” HSR. Amtrak’s Bourbonnais crash on 79 mph track (the same as at Caltrain now) illustrates what can happen at grade crossings. (See Wikipedia.) CHSRA would fund raising that speed to about 120 mph!

HSR needs secure (grade separated, fenced) track. Grade crossings are vulnerable to accident, sabotage, and even terrorist.

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