France expands bullet train network
While California remains mired in indecision concerning the future of high-speed rail, French citizens celebrate the expansion of the TGV network into northeast France and Germany.
While California remains mired in indecision concerning the future of high-speed rail, French citizens celebrate the expansion of the TGV network into northeast France and Germany.
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What I find interesting about this, is the "density" argument. Some have argued that a bullet train is not feasible in California because we lack the urban densities to make it work. I have a hard time imagining that Paris and the eastern French cities this line serves are any more dense than Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, etc.
Seems this argument has been coming up a lot lately: a Sacramento regional planner recently remarked that we have to hold the line on Sacramento's sprawl, so transit can catch up. I'm not sure I buy this argument. And how in the world do we "hold the line on sprawl." That would taken nothing less than an overhaul of land use planning in the State.
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