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There are plans in the works here in California for high speed rail from the SF Bay Area to LA. They've been talking about it for years, though. We have Cal Train and BART but they don't go to enough cities. They're supposed to expand down to the south bay sometime soon but seeing how long it took to extend the Eastern line makes me despair of that happening before I retire. BART also suffers from the inability to run express service due to the track design and implementation so even if they do expand, it's not a very attractive proposition if you want to go from SF to SJ. With the large distances our transit systems have to cover due to our urban sprawl, they are constantly trying to find a balance between having enough stations to be accessible and having so many stops that it takes forever to get anywhere.
For instance, to get the 11 miles to my job from my house would take me over two hours provided I made all my connections and I'd still have a two mile walk or bike ride to get to my office. The fare would still cost more than driving even with the current fuel prices. I work in one county an live in another which is another issue with our transit system. We have all these little county fiefdoms which have to play nicely with each other. What do you think the odds of that happening are?
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