[quote=ocrenter]they spent $1.3 billion just on the I-15 carpool/express lanes, and the usage is minimal at best. as much as I am a rail fan, I just don’t see high speed rail as a good use of resources here.

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You sure about that? The 15 on sigalert used to be red every morning and evening. Now it seems its not. The 5 is in much worse shape and I wish that the 5 had the dedicated central expressway like the 15 (the new section north of the 56 with multiple inlets and outlets). Allowing single drivers to pay a premium via ezpass is an excellent idea that the 5 needs. It is steep (i saw 4.60 cents on the 15 last week from escondido to the 163) but I would pay that if I were a single and the highways were gridlocked.

To the people that suggest rails above a freeway or freeway above a freeway, what happens during a massive earthquake? Another northridge highway collapse?