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INTRODUCTION TO THE VISION IMPLEMENTATION PLAN This report describes the Capitol Corridor Vision Implementation Plan, or VIP. The VIP is the second step in a three-step process to define a long-term vision for the rail line. Building on the design principles and conceptual alternatives developed in step one, the Vision Plan, the VIP defines an “initial study corridor” for further study – a package of preferred engineering alternatives in each segment of the line. It does not include the additional steps necessary to make a business case for the investment, including detailed economic and ridership analysis. These, along with public outreach, will occur in the third and final step, the Vision Communications Plan or VCP. WHAT IS THE CAPITOL CORRIDOR VISION IMPLEMENTATION PLAN? The Capitol Corridor is a passenger rail line between the Sacramento area and the San Francisco Bay Area. Depending on the segment, it currently makes between one and 15 round trips per day. It takes a little over three hours to travel between San Jose and Sacramento, a distance of about 131 miles, and another hour to travel 37 miles to Auburn in the Sierra Foothills. It is part of the Amtrak system, although it is managed by a “joint powers authority” (the Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority, or CCJPA) made up of representatives of different transportation agencies in the corridor. The Vision is a policy adopted by the CCJPA Board of Directors – an official goal to work toward – calling for a future Capitol Corridor that is faster, more frequent, more reliable, cleaner, quieter, and better connected to other public transit lines. The Vision looks out toward service changes that may be required to serve the transportation and economic needs of the Northern California megaregion over the next 40 years. The Vision Implementation Plan or VIP is a detailed plan for implementation of the Vision, including the capital improvements that are needed (such as new tracks or stations) and a strategy for funding and construction. It also includes estimated travel times, conceptual schedules including frequencies and span (or hours) of operation, preliminary cost estimates, research on possible funding sources, and improvements for freight trains that currently share tracks with the Capitol Corridor. (Again, it does not include analysis of benefits including economic and ridership gains – this analysis will occur in the next phase of the Vision process, the VCP.) The VIP recognizes that passenger and freight trains sharing the same tracks presents limitations for both. A renewed era of investment in the combined rail network in Northern California will be necessary to overcome the conditions that constrain both passenger and freight service today. FINAL REPORT 1
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