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More progress on building a high speed rail network than any other state. If this is what failure looks like other states should try some success, I guess. We
by djcapelis 6y ago
More progress on building a high speed rail network than any other state. If this is what failure looks like other states should try some success, I guess. We’ll just have to settle for keeping up with failure as we construct our new rail line, piece by piece by piece.
- Alupis 6y agoA railway that will be bankrupt in days, and will have to forever live off tax payer funding, running a route between two cities nobody wants is not a success. That is, unless your definition of success is any mile of track laid, regardless of how it's used? That's a weird definition of success, if I may say so. As-is, people will need to drive 2.5 hours from SF to Merced, wait for a train, take a 1.5 hour train ride to Bakersfield, then rent a car and drive another 1.5 hours from Bakersfield to LA. All that saves about 1 hour of travel time (at the most!)... but requires renting a car, gas, etc. Basically, this thing is completely useless. Finally the government realized this and cancelled the entire project. Yet, the California Tax Payers that voted for the $30 Billion Bond Measure will continue to pay the extra taxes for decades to come...
- djcapelis 6y agoLet’s see what happens. :) You definitely don’t get high speed rail if you don’t build any.
- Alupis 6y agoSure, I'm on board with that ;) I'd love to have a HSR in California - but it has to be built for a reasonable budget, and support itself with ticket fares, and go to destinations people actually want. Otherwise, it's just a waste.