Yet CHSRA plans “Blended Rail”, adding HSR trains onto Caltrain tracks between San Jose and San Francisco, tracks with many grade crossings, suburban stations, and public access points. Let’s squander no more HSR bond funds on Blended Rail. It would be NEITHER SAFE NOR RELIABLE.—–

End the initial phase of HSR to the Bay Area at San Jose, with nearly seamless transfers there to Caltrain, Capitol Corridor, Amtrak, San Joaquin, VTA rail, and BART.—–

Later upgrade the UP/Amtrak route via Santa Clara, Mulford, and Oakland to Sacramento. Add a transfer station at the BART overhead in Oakland, with a six-minute run every four minutes or oftener to San Francisco’s Embarcadero station. Far better, safer, more reliable, and less costly than the planned HSR terminal at the transbay bus facility so inconvenient to the BART/Muni Market Street stations.