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This is so wonderful compared to the multi multi billion dollar boondoggle "high speed rail" that California is spending money on. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
by PhantomGremlin 10y ago
This is so wonderful compared to the multi multi billion dollar boondoggle "high speed rail" that California is spending money on. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_High-Speed_Rail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_High-Speed_Rail
We discussed that just a week ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11996355 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11996355
Cancel HSR and use the money toward funding transit that people would actually use!
- dragonwriter 10y agoHSR includes funding for regional and local transit in California's major metros, as well as the long distance high-speed lines connecting them.
- stuaxo 10y agoIdeally you have both, like in Taiwan - you can travel from the almost the length of the country into Taipei on HSR and then get onto the metro system to go on to your destination.