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SANTA ANA HIGH SPEED MIL STATION STOP <br />3-3-3 <br /> <br />experienced by BART trains and Washington Metro in the United States. From a <br />perception point of view at full speed the bullet train emits a moderately high. <br />pitched electric motor sound. Rail noise is minimal, due to sound barriers <br />built adjacent to the roadbed which absorb rail and wheel noise. The maximum <br />pass by noise of a bullet train at llO mph will be less than that expeKienced <br />by an AMTRAK train at 75 mph" according to Bricken. <br /> <br /> Santa Ana's Orange County Transportation Center may be uniquely <br />qualified as a midpoint bullet train stop, according to David Grosse, Director <br />of Transportation ~ervices. The Center serves the heart of Orange County with' <br />all major destinations within five miles of the terminal. Grosse estimates <br />that there will be 1 million residents, and 4~30,000 jobs within five miles of <br />the Transportation Center by 1990 when the bullet train is operational. The <br />Transportation Center has been designed for expanded use, according to Grosse. <br />The second and third floors are being constructed for lessee's such as <br />American High Speed Rail Corporation, or businesses that choose to locate in <br />a Regional Transportation Center. <br /> <br /> The Center lies one mile from the Orange County Civic Center and down- <br />town Santa Ana. It is easily reached by the Santa Ana Freeway via the <br />'Grand~venue~interchange. The City of Santa Ana ~as been success~u~inob~ <br />taining CalTrans and Orange County Transportation Commission support for the re- <br />construction of the Grand/Santa Aha Freeway interchange. In its reconstructed <br /> <br />MORE <br /> <br /> <br />