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Rome wasn’t built in a day. Cali has very difficult construction challenges wrt earthquakes and land acquisition
by helloooooooo 3y ago
Rome wasn’t built in a day. Cali has very difficult construction challenges wrt earthquakes and land acquisition
- sclarisse 3y agoCalifornia’s bullet train delays have basically nothing to do with fundamental challenges like seismic engineering, and everything to do with planning permission issues / NIMBYs and California specific regulations on one hand, and with bad management on the other. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/09/us/california-high-speed-rail-politics.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/09/us/california-high-speed-... https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-09/california-bullet-train-officials-say-they-were-told-to-suppress-bad-news-and-shut-up https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-09/californ... https://ktla.com/news/local-news/poor-decision-making-management-blamed-for-ballooning-costs-and-delays-in-california-bullet-train-project-in-new-state-audit/amp/ https://ktla.com/news/local-news/poor-decision-making-manage...
- maxcan 3y agoEarthquakes have little to do with it. They are simply an excuse for horrible policy. Go explain to Japan why earthquakes should prevent them from building effective infrastructure.