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California is actively working on their high speed rail system. They're just doing it very slowly and at great expense.
by Mountain_Skies 2y ago
California is actively working on their high speed rail system. They're just doing it very slowly and at great expense.
- rapsey 2y agoActively is a strong word for what California is doing with their high speed rail.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> California is actively working on their high speed rail system It's billions short on just the useless Merced-Bakersfield segment [1]. Given "its sole source of ongoing funds, from the state’s cap-and-trade program, expires in 2030," and there is zero chance of new federal funding through 2026 (and realistically, through at least 2028), the chances that this gets killed in its entirety are quite high. [1] https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/ca-high-speed-rail-100-billion-18979091.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/ca-high-speed-ra...
- wat10000 2y agoTaking orders of magnitude more time and money is very close to not doing it at all. China built a countrywide network in less time than California has spent so far on preparing to build this one line.