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Re: California High Speed Rail.

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From: Hatunen
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:38
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On Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:37:05 -0800, Steve Fenwick
<nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:

>In article <133ch45n7cjp39gkofg62fsh53an6jp38d@4ax.com>,
> Hatunen <hatunen@cox.net> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:16:26 -0600, Stephen Sprunk
>> <stephen@sprunk.org> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> >The problem isn't stations or interchange of passengers; the problem is 
>> >that many parts of the ROW aren't wide enough for four tracks, which 
>> >means that if commuter and HSR trains can't share, one or the other will 
>> >have to be single-tracked part of the way, which hurts capacity and 
>> >causes any late trains to snowball.  
>> 
>> You mean "at this time many parts of the ROW aren't wide enough
>> for four tracks". HSR will obviously have rights of eminent
>> domain and would be able to acquire sufficient land to provide
>> the extra ROW.
>
>There's no way that they will be allowed to seize without payment new 
>ROW from San Francisco to San Jose. The land is just too valuable; there 
>would be a huge hue and cry.

Um. Do you know what "eminent domain" means?

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From: Hatunen <hatunen@cox.net>
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Subject: Re: California High Speed Rail.
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