CALIFORNIA’S HIGH-SPEED RAIL SYSTEM

Realizing the Vision of a High-Speed Rail System in

California

presented at

UC Berkeley CEPP

by

Roelof van Ark

May 2, 2011

AROUND THE WORLD…HIGH-SPEED RAIL AROUND THE WORLD…

…AND HERE IN CALIFORNIA

THE BASICSCalifornia’s high-speed train project

• First phase of 520 miles; 800 miles when full system is realized

• Operating speeds up to 220 mph; 90-125 mph in urban areas

• 100% clean electric power

• Safely grade-separated

• Reliable, easy way to travel

• Multi-modal transportation hubs

Environment

• Increased transportation without increased air pollution

• Decreased consumption of fossil fuels

• Land-use benefits: anti-sprawl

Mobility

• Experts agree that economic power stems from the ability to move people and goods around the state

Jobs

• 600,000 full-time, one-year, construction-related job equivalents

• 450,000 economy-wide jobs by 2035

WHY WE NEED IT

WHY WE NEED ITPopulation Growth

• California’s population now: 38 million

• By 2035: 50 million

Our state transportation needs will demand either:

• New freeways,

• New airport runways and departure gatesOR

• New modes of transportation

Annecy, 0.1

Lyon,1.4 million

Dijon, 0.2

Paris Region, 10.4 million

Marseille, 1.4 million

Grenoble, 0.4

Valence, 0.1

Geneva, 0.4

Avignon, 0.3

Besancon, 0.1

Macon, 0.1

11

2

11 1

39 8

1 1

22

Briancon, 0.1

P O P U L AT I O N & T R A I N S / H O U R P E A K D I R E C T I O N P A R I S – S E F R A N C E 2 0 0 9 & F O R E C A S T C A L I F O R N I A 2 0 3 0(Population in millions, trains/peak hour/direction in blue)

23118

San Diego, 3.5 million

Greater LA, 19.0 million

11

SF Bay Area, 6.4 million

Merced, 0.3

Fresno, 0.9

Bakersfield, 0.6

511Sacramento, 2.5 million

108

2008 – 31 million riders

2030 – 39 million ridersPhase 1+2 – 74 million riders

COMPARISONS TO INTERNATIONAL HSR SYSTEMS

P O P U L AT I O N & H S T R A I N S / H O U R I N P E A K D I R E C T I O N T O K Y O - O S A K A T O D AY & C A L I F O R N I A 2 0 3 0

High-Speed TrainsParallel Conventional Trains

(Population in millions, trains/peak hour/direction in blue)

9 7-9

Kyoto-Osaka-

Kobe, 17.2Shizuoka,1.0

Hamamatsu,1.0

11Nagoya, 9.211

5 - 9 4 4-1627

Mishima,0.5

Metro Tokyo,34.2 million

Tokyo8.8 million

12

4 - 27

61

Yokohama-Kawasaki,5.0

12

23118

San Diego, 3.5 million Greater LA,

19.0 million 11

SF Bay Area, 6.4 million

Merced, 0.3

Fresno, 0.9

Bakersfield, 0.6

511Sacramento, 2.5 million

108

2008 – 151 million Shinkansen riders, 1.7 billion conventional train riders

2030 – 39 million ridersPhase 1+2 – 74 million riders

COMPARISONS TO INTERNATIONAL HSR SYSTEMS

SUSTAINABILITY GOALSConstruction

• CHSRA is a member of EPA’s Collaborative for Sustainable Transportation and Infrastructure Construction (CSTIC)

• Maximize use of recycled/low-energy materials

• Implement construction waste management plan

• Maximize waste segregation to minimize landfill impacts

• Build energy-efficient facilities (e.g., LEED-certified stations)

• Maximize energy efficiency/GHG emissions reduction measures

SUSTAINABILITY GOALSPolicies

• Board Policy Goal: 100 percent renewable energy

SUSTAINABILITY GOALSStation Area Development Policies

•Harness the transformative power of HSR

•Context-sensitive station design for development

•Solve for a pedestrian scale

•Balance all the access modes

•Plan around the station for TOD

Station Areas

Paris station

Madrid Station

WHERE WE ARE NOWTransitioning from Planning to Implementation

Undergoing NEPA/CEQA review in all project sections• Central Valley sections (Merced-Fresno, Fresno-Bakersfield) are

completing scoping and the analysis of alternative alignments and will publish Draft EIR documents by mid-2011.

• On track to secure environmental clearance by early 2012.

• All seven Phase 1 sections continue to do environmental analyses.

• Receiving public input on all alignments.

Building toward construction• RFEI followed by RFQ by mid-2011

with RFPs in early 2012.

• Begin awarding construction contracts in the second half of 2012

• Authority staffing up for current/future needs.

CURRENT FUNDING SUMMARY

Current funding totals nearly $6 billion plus potential for up to $2 billion additional from Florida reallocation and matching funds

FUNDING SOURCE

FEDERALAWARD

STATEMATCH

TOTAL

ARRAJan. 2010

$1.85 billion

$1.85 billion

$3.7 billion

HSIPRFederal FY 10-11Oct. 2010

$715 million

$306million

$1.02 billion

ARRADec. 2010

$616 million

$616 million

$1.234 billion

INITIAL CONSTRUCTIONStarting in the Central Valley

• Only section where California’s HST system will travel 220-mph maximum operating speed for long periods of time (enabling the two-hour, 40-minute requirement for trip time between LA and San Francisco)

• Initial track in the Central Valley will serve as testing and proving ground for new high-speed train technology in the United States

• Less expensive land and less complex engineering in the Valley

• Near-term job creation benefits (conservative estimate of 100,000 jobs –direct and indirect – over life of the first $5.5 billion in construction)

The foundation for true high-speed rail

FIRST PASSENGER TRAINSBuilding Outward North/South

Must expand initial construction into an “Initial Operating Section” • Will require additional track

built north and south of the Central Valley

Top EIR priority• Fresno-Bakersfield• Merced-Fresno

Next priority• San Jose-Merced• Bakersfield-Palmdale• Palmdale-Los Angeles

Initial Operating Section plans to be reviewed by Legislature

6.4 M current population

4.2 M current population

19 M current population

STAYING UP TO SPEED

Contact Info

– California High-Speed Rail Authority

– 770 L St., Suite 800 Sacramento, CA 95814

– 916-324-1541

– www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov

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