![]() “I look forward to San Jose’s Diridon Station being a huge, essential point for high-speed rail to connect with transit throughout the Bay Area, and ultimately to connect us to the rest of the state,” he told San Jose Spotlight.īrian Schmidt, policy and advocacy director for Green Foothills, said it’s concerning how high-speed rail will impact the migration of bobcats, mountain lions and elk in Coyote Valley and Pacheco Pass. The project will be also a job generator and will provide environmental benefits with less cars on the road, he said. State Assemblymember Ash Kalra said high-speed rail will be a critical connection from the Central Valley both to the Bay Area and Los Angeles. Completing the route from Los Angeles to San Francisco could cost $105 billion, according to a state estimate. As cost overruns and delays extended the timeline, a rail line is anticipated to link Bakersfield to Merced by 2030, and the Bay Area by 2033. In 2015 the project broke ground in the Central Valley. ![]() In November 2008, voters approved a $9.95 billion bond measure toward the construction of a high-speed train, with Phase 1 from San Francisco to Los Angeles/Anaheim. ![]() The rail authority was created by the state Legislature and Gov. To connect the Central Valley to Gilroy, and then San Jose, the project will require tunneling through Pacheco Pass. The high-speed rail line will feed into San Jose through Diridon Station, which is set to become a major transit hub with BART’s expansion from the north. “It will give Silicon Valley a new lease on life because we gain access to the affordable homes in the Central Valley.” “The most serious impediment for high tech and employment in our area is a lack of housing,” Diridon said. Trains traveling at 200 miles per hour will significantly shorten travel times for commuters from the Central Valley. Once complete, high-speed rail will connect San Jose with Fresno in one hour, a huge time saver for people who chose to move out of the area in search of affordable housing, Diridon said. “When you get home, it’s after the kid’s little league game and maybe you get there in time to tuck them in. You had to leave before the kids got up,” he told San Jose Spotlight. Rod Diridon, chair emeritus of the California High-Speed Rail Authority board, said prior to the pandemic, almost 200,000 people commuted each day from the Central Valley to the Bay Area, driving two to three-and-a-half hours each way. ![]() Multiple off-road ATVs, motorcycles perform sideshow on Bay Bridge: CHP ![]()
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