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Studies flag double-tracking over Donner Summit and bus-only lanes on SR 89/267 as long-term and near-term steps
Summary
Regional agencies, Caltrans and the Capitol Corridor JPA outlined Corridor ID planning work, noted the need to re-double track sections over Donner Summit to accommodate freight and passenger growth, and described a Placer County study that recommends bus-only lanes on SR 89 and SR 267 to improve transit reliability.
Regional transportation officials and planners described a multi-decade planning effort to expand passenger rail and near-term roadway actions to move people more efficiently on key Tahoe corridors.
"Some of the tracks over Donner Summit will have to be double tracked," Corey Peterson of the Placer County Transportation Planning Agency said, summarizing rail-freight constraints that have emerged from Caltrans and corridor studies. "It used to be double tracked back in the mid-twentieth century."
Why it matters: Multiple agencies said rail expansion to Truckee and Reno faces technical and coordination challenges because Union Pacific owns the rail right-of-way and freight growth must be balanced with any added passenger service. Officials said federal Corridor ID…
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