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Re:Growing Caltrain into an 8-Lane Freeway (2018) by melling on Sunday January 06, 2019 @10:42AM (#18838822)
More cars? Trying to figure out how to get more cars on the road?

That’s been the plan since the 1970’s.

Maybe they should have built the high-speed rail like they wanted at that time. It becomes more difficult and expensive as the decades progress.

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Re:Growing Caltrain into an 8-Lane Freeway (2018) by mc32 on Sunday January 06, 2019 @10:53AM (#18838892)
No, they're saying Caltrain would contribute the same as 8 lanes worth of freeway commuter volume. But I think BaRT would be a better solution than Caltrain, if they put BaRT down the El Camino as it would serve a higher pop and would be closer to pop centers.
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Re:Growing Caltrain into an 8-Lane Freeway (2018) by melling on Sunday January 06, 2019 @12:04PM (#18839245)
I responded to cut-and-cover comment. He wants to bury the train and build a road over it?

I understood the article.

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Re:Growing Caltrain into an 8-Lane Freeway (2018) by mkbgw on Sunday January 06, 2019 @12:49PM (#18839490)
El Camino is an existing road. OP is suggesting adding a BART tunnel beneath it to extend BART service from Millbrae through Silicon Valley.
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