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California's high-speed rail money pit hasn't had enough cash thrown in? The state is incapable of building nearly anything.
by 0xy 4y ago
California's high-speed rail money pit hasn't had enough cash thrown in? The state is incapable of building nearly anything.
- m0llusk 4y agoCA HSR is moving ahead. Major infrastructure projects are more difficult and expensive in the US because we have far stronger property rights than China or European nations.
- rsync 4y ago"CA HSR is moving ahead ..." ... minus the "HS" part. Last I checked it was on the politically brokered "non-I-5" corridor (a silly, absurd route) and had a proposed SF->LA trip time of over 2.5 hours. This is a "high speed" train, circa 1975. Current technology, as demonstrated by running trains elsewhere in the world, would make that route in under 2 hours.