OAK, my local airport, wants to expand. I encourage other East Bay people to submit comments: https://www.oaklandairport.com/terminaldevelopment/
Here’s my draft (open to phrasing advice until I send it): https://gist.github.com/celoyd/e0d6fd9cd43d5b18517e8a62cea0f19f
@midendian I think the realistic best case is: force OAK to have high standards, thereby force SFO/SCJ/SMF standards to lower, then let the rising bar of public expectations catch them.
@vruba now I’m trying to remember if the CAHSR plans left any accommodation for European-style freight rail, in which case it might be fine! but otherwise Caltrans will just subsidize more lanes for trucks.
@midendian Ah good, trucks.
@vruba unfortunately I think Stockton and Mather will race to have zero standards.
@midendian Ugh.
@midendian It’s very first-mover disadvantage stuff, right? But the saving grace is that if you can fly x/ton out of OAK or x minus a bit/ton out of SMF, it catches up reasonably quickly. (Redrafted because of confusing typo.)