New computer renderings of CA high-speed rail show just what the CHSRA has in store for San Jose, and it isn’t pretty. Here is the Hedding grade separation, which gets both a trench and an aerial. My, what an inviting place for some TOD.
Aerials blasting straight through town. Absolutely hideous, the worst kind of 1950’s planning:
Lovely:
I don’t think San Jose can be blighted any more than it already is.
What would you do, D. E.?
Eliminate the corruption. CHSRA has outsourced design of the project to the very same firm that would get the construction contracts. That is an obvious conflict of interest, which will result in overbuilt infrastructure — of the kind depicted in the photosimulations.
Astounding that they want to build structures six or seven stories high within a city.
Clem at the Caltrain-HSR Compatibility Blog thinks the job could be done at-grade for half the cost (or less), doing away with these monstrosities.
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These look like 4 track sections with stations. I would think that would be an exception, that stations would only be a few points and the rest of the line would have the same profile as BART.