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Nonsense. California High Speed Rail practically killed itself.

by diebeforei485 5y ago

dragonwriter 5y ago
> California High Speed Rail practically killed itself. Except it's still actively being built.
- dragontamer 5y ago
  I hope you're right and I wish the project the best. I'm no where near California, but I think rail (and high-speed rail in particular) is one of the most efficient means of transportation devised, and should be deployed and supported. In any case, Mr. Musk has not been helpful to the cause at all.
  - dragonwriter 5y ago
    > > Except it's still actively being built. > I hope you're right If I’m not, the California High Speed Rail Authority is doing some next-level gaslighting. https://buildhsr.com/ https://buildhsr.com/
- diebeforei485 5y ago
  Right. Madera to Bakersfield by 2035. This project is a joke and everyone knows it - choosing the route for political reasons, appointing politically connected sham contractors like Tutor Perini, declining the SNCF proposal to run this along I-5 instead, etc. Texas will likely get its high-speed rail well before we do.
  - dragonwriter 5y ago
    > Madera to Bakersfield by 2035. The current target, per the most recent business plan, is Merced to Bakersfield by the end of the decade, Silicon Valley to Central Valley (SF to Bakersfield) by 2031, and the Phase 1 system (SF to LA) by 2033. There is also work with Brightline West (the private developer of a Victorville to Las Vegas line) to jointly extend that line so that it interconnects with the Phase 1 system in Southern California, forming a combined SF-LA-LV system. > Texas will likely get its high-speed rail well before we do. Well, I mean, its a shorter and easier line with an earlier current planned operation date, with fewer bookend and station projects, so that wouldn’t be surprising, but they keep pushing out the construction start date while California keeps building, so I wouldn’t bet on it.

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Nonsense. California High Speed Rail practically killed itself.

by diebeforei485 5y ago

Nonsense. California High Speed Rail practically killed itself.

dragonwriter 5y ago
> California High Speed Rail practically killed itself. Except it's still actively being built.
- dragontamer 5y ago
  I hope you're right and I wish the project the best. I'm no where near California, but I think rail (and high-speed rail in particular) is one of the most efficient means of transportation devised, and should be deployed and supported. In any case, Mr. Musk has not been helpful to the cause at all.
  - dragonwriter 5y ago
    > > Except it's still actively being built. > I hope you're right If I’m not, the California High Speed Rail Authority is doing some next-level gaslighting. https://buildhsr.com/ https://buildhsr.com/
- diebeforei485 5y ago
  Right. Madera to Bakersfield by 2035. This project is a joke and everyone knows it - choosing the route for political reasons, appointing politically connected sham contractors like Tutor Perini, declining the SNCF proposal to run this along I-5 instead, etc. Texas will likely get its high-speed rail well before we do.
  - dragonwriter 5y ago
    > Madera to Bakersfield by 2035. The current target, per the most recent business plan, is Merced to Bakersfield by the end of the decade, Silicon Valley to Central Valley (SF to Bakersfield) by 2031, and the Phase 1 system (SF to LA) by 2033. There is also work with Brightline West (the private developer of a Victorville to Las Vegas line) to jointly extend that line so that it interconnects with the Phase 1 system in Southern California, forming a combined SF-LA-LV system. > Texas will likely get its high-speed rail well before we do. Well, I mean, its a shorter and easier line with an earlier current planned operation date, with fewer bookend and station projects, so that wouldn’t be surprising, but they keep pushing out the construction start date while California keeps building, so I wouldn’t bet on it.