tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614760608725061478.post5617122700423840403..comments2023-07-18T06:01:05.816-07:00Comments on Transportation Problems and Policy: Could High Speed Rail Cause More Sprawl?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1614760608725061478.post-78640692961333328902013-06-03T08:20:50.101-07:002013-06-03T08:20:50.101-07:00You bring up some great points Darwin. One of the ...You bring up some great points Darwin. One of the sessions at the American Planning Association conference in Chicago was about high speed rail plan and how communities plan to deal with it. <br /><br />The first speaker was from the city of Fresno who commented on what the cities plans are for the line. The first thing he said was that high speed trains station are no places for TOD developments (wonder what Japan would say about that?).<br /><br />It seemed from the presentation that Fresno has pretty much decided that most people will drive to the station and talked little about transit connections. Many people I know in California who also happen to be life long rail passenger advocates have very mixed feelings on high speed rail including the fears that it is being designed both itself and its connections to be a sprawl inducer instead of a sprawl solution. John Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04925994987275736644noreply@blogger.com