Table accompanying 29 August 2014 letter from Paul Jones

to Mark McLoughlin of the California High-Speed Rail Authority

HSR TRAIN SPEEDS THROUGH SELECTED SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CITIES *
mph = miles per hour
Southbound Northbound
City HSR Trains HSR Trains
Palmdale 210 mph 220 mph
Soledad 220 mph 155 mph
Newhall 220 mph 200 mph
San Fernando 220 mph 175 mph
Burbank 220 mph 160 mph
* Source: Memorandum by Frank Vacca of February 11, 2013 to Jeff Morales, CEO, California High-Speed Rail Authority, Titled: Phase 1 Blended Travel Time. Also incorporated into the court Declaration of Frank Vacca

Mark A. McLoughlin,                                         August 29th 2014

Director of Environmental Services

ATTN: Palmdale to Burbank AND Burbank to Los Angeles

California High-Speed Rail Authority

Southern California Regional Office

700 N Alameda, Room 3-532

Los Angeles, CA 90012

 

SUBJECT: Palmdale to Burbank AND Burbank to Los Angeles

 

Dear Mr. McLoughlin:

 

Your group is doing a scoping study concerning the environmental review between Palmdale and Burbank and onward to Los Angeles.

 

City Councils along that route are concerned about the speeds the high-speed train be going through their cities. I enclose the results of my analysis I that indicates the high-speed train will be going through the cities along the route at high speed, which will probably be objectionable (including unsafe) for many of these urban areas.

 

I therefore ask you to consider this issue and the results of my analyses, which accompany this letter.

Paul Jones

 

Copies:

  • Acton Town Council
  • Agua Dulce Town Council
  • Burbank City Council
  • Los Angeles City Council, Seventh District
  • Palmdale City Council
  • San Fernando City Council
  • Santa Clarita City Council
  • Van Nuys Neighborhood Council