I saw a story from the Sacramento Bee the other day, someone had asked the head of the San Francisco Airport if SFO was for or against building high-speed rail in California. The reporter was expecting them to be against since it would be competition, but they supported it. Shuttles take time to arrive and depart, and California High-Speed Rail (CAHSR) would let them handle more cross-country and international flights. I don't think it was mentioned in the story, but one of the CAHSR stations will be located by SFO making it easier to get there.

A few weeks ago, Michael played me this video with some really cool renderings of what it would look like. I really love the idea we could make last minute weekend trips to LA without having to deal with airports or reservations. We'd just go to the downtown San Francisco station and jump on a train. If we built it to the same standards as the French and their new line, a trip from SF to LA would be just over an hour.

Consensus is pretty much unanimous, the population is growing and wider freeways and larger airports won't handle it. This is really the only option for California's future, but Governor Schwarzenegger is trying to stop it.