Posted on 10/09/2022 7:00:32 PM PDT by lowbridge
LOL!
Rail is a 19th Century solution to 21st Century problems.
It’s like putting up telegraph wires in the age of the Internet.
There have been at least 3 proposals by Private companies with Private funding. to build a High Speed Train to Vegas from SoCal in the last 50 years. Every one of them shot down by gubmint and the watermelon crowd.
After reading the headline, I had to check to see if this was “The Bee.”
I guess that rules out my Hot Air Balloon proposals for Mass Transit. I got the rattan baskets all made and everything!
It would have been a ‘Blast!’
//sarc
And, also, the Spanish rail company left California.
The Spanish AVE high speed rail is wonderful btw. Barcelona-Madrid-Sevilla, each leg is like SF-LA and a bit over two hours. Both legs cross mountain chains.
Rail is a very high capacity system that can work better than air for a given mix of volume/time.
Overall travel time can be quite a bit less than air travel, and there are fewer issues with land usage and transit from airport - endpoints.
When the French call a US state dysfunctional and leave for War-Torn North Africa if the Stupid Party does not realize and take advantage of this messaging they will once again reinforce that well-deserved monicker, The Stupid Party.
And, thus the rise of the Tea Party and now MAGA.
If the Republicans were a functional political party they could make this into a DEVASTATING political ad.
If it walks and talks and acts really weird. Don’t worry it’s a California politician. If it seems normal and makes perfect sense and seems well grounded in common sense run like hell its a creature from outer space. This should be on highway signs as you enter California.
It sounds like Morocco may be a better destination for retiring Americans.
Good, we don’t need French companies building railroads in the USA.
I don’t think so. Isn’t Morocco where those two Scandanavian women were raped and beheaded?
Whoops! Scandinavian.
The biggest boondoggle in history.
Actually, we do Ned someone who know what thdd we y are doing because we don’t. If we did, it would be built by now.
Jerry and Democrats can wish in one hand, shit in the other and see which one fills up.
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