SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- California is one step closer to high speed rail service.
The California High-Speed Rail Authority Wednesday approved a route that would take passengers from San Francisco to San Diego, said Rod Diridon, a member of the rail authority and chairman of the Mineta Transportation Institute.
The rail authority selected the Pacheco Pass route over the Altamont Pass to run trains from the Bay Area to the Central Valley, said Diridon. The proposed high-speed rail system would travel at speeds up to 220 mph and provide travel from San Francisco to Los Angeles in two and a half hours.
California voters will decide in November whether to approve a $9.9 billion bond to help fund construction of the system that would ultimately linked Sacramento and the Bay Area to Southern California. If voters say yes, bids for constructing the first stages of the rail line could begin in 2010.
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KCBS' Melissa Culross reports
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