Why A Bullet Train Is No Silver Bullet

James E. Moore, chairman of the department of industrial and systems engineering at USC, argues that high speed rail linking major metro areas is not a solution for California's transportation needs.

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February 14, 2007, 10:00 AM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

The rail authority wants to link Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area to Los Angeles and San Diego by building a rail system for trains traveling at more than 200 mph... Public resources would be better spent on just about anything else, including delta levies, roads, prisons and schools...Trains are a security nightmare....airports are much cheaper to build or expand than a high-speed rail network...cities and counties may have to use eminent domain to expand their metropolitan airports

FULL STORY: Bullet trains won't get us anywhere

Sunday, February 11, 2007 in The Los Angeles Times

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