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You raise some very good points about the expansion of rail in Los Angeles basin. However, this part: "struggling to get a subway down Wilshire where it's obvi
by throwaway2037 6mo ago
You raise some very good points about the expansion of rail in Los Angeles basin. However, this part: "struggling to get a subway down Wilshire where it's obviously more needed". As I understand, it is incredibly complex to build subways in that part of LA basin due to natural gas deposits that make tunnelling dangerous and expensive.
- kj4211cash 6mo agoThe tunneling in that area is done now so we can see what happened. It was slightly more expensive and slower to tunnel in that area due to the tar sands and methane. But what was really expensive and time consuming was the NIMBY lawsuits and actual laws passed that used the methane as an excuse to try to stop the project.
- throwaway2037 6mo agoThank you for the follow-up. What laws were passed that slowed/delayed the project?
- kj4211cash 6mo agoHere's a bill that repealed a previous bill that slowed/delayed the project: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/4653 https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/4653 I can't find the laws it's repealing immediately, but they must exist.