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OK, build more rail and facilities. That's also easier than driverless cars.
by sfpotter 3y ago
OK, build more rail and facilities. That's also easier than driverless cars.
- BurningFrog 3y agoLarge scale infrastructure like that is near impossible in the age of CEQA, NEPA, etc. I present the California high speed rail project as Exhibit A, and rest my case.
- sfpotter 3y agoIt’s being built. Eventually it will be completed and it will have obvious utility. Then people will expand it because of how obviously useful it is. Same thing happened with the Shinkansen.
- BurningFrog 3y ago"15 years later, there is not a single mile of track laid, and executives involved say there isn’t enough money to finish the project." From https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/17/why-californias-high-speed-rail-is-taking-so-long-to-complete.html https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/17/why-californias-high-speed-r...
- sfpotter 3y agoAre you saying no construction has occurred and that it is impossible to levy taxes for its completion?
- BurningFrog 3y agoThe video in the link shows the construction done so far.
- sfpotter 3y agoI’m aware that there has been significant progress. “Not a single mile of track being laid” makes it sound like there has been no progress.