If I need to get to San Francisco in a hurry, or just to visit, I'm going to fly.
former Gov. Jerry Brown (who pushed this monstrosity): "I like trains!"
Posted on 03/07/2023 2:38:51 PM PST by artichokegrower
A hundred Billion dollar laundry.
Is California going to allow full blown casinos around the
state now?
If so, I’d have to agree with your take on the silliness
of a bullet train to Vegas.
I don’t recall if I voted on that or not, but if I did, it
was a big no.
I like visiting Vegas every five years or so, but having
casinos around all the time? Nah...
Thanks for the mention.
Way past time to cut the losses - use the money for water storage and power
generation.
What has all the money been spent on if not for construction?
As a tourist it seems what they need is a high speed option from San Diego to Los Angeles. Apparently it would take 8 hours from Anaheim to San Diego taking the bus. (using google maps)
Surprised? Not really.
The Numbers on the site I gave at the bottom:
More than 730 Small Businesses engaged in the high-speed rail project.
More than 8,900 jobs created
More than 460 disadvantaged workers dispatched to construction sites.
233 Disadvantaged Business Enterprises
85 Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises
159 Small Businesses located in disadvantaged communities
57% of project expenditures have taken place in disadvantaged communities
Notice the word disadvantaged throughout the list. That will be untrained illegals. Hey, it’s California.
wy69
It’s working even better than planned. The sole purpose of this project is to transfer money from Washington to Sacramento.
Apparently it would take 8 hours from Anaheim to San Diego
That’s the biggest problem with all of California’s high-speed rail dreams. Putting tracks where nobody thought to put them before means having to do strange and expensive things.
They are having terrible trouble doing what was thought to be the ‘easiest’ part of the SF/LA run. And once they get the Merced/Bakersfield segment completed, they’re not going to get much if an revenue from ridership between those two enticing destinations.
From what I’ve heard, the Cucamonga/Las Vegas run will be routed through the center median of I15, which is pretty wide since it is going through stinking desert pretty much all the way.
Whoa! Who could have seen that one coming?
Federal Gubnt- Another Solyndra.
A make work / money laundering scheme for unions and demonrats.
Maybe free tickets on the train ride will be the reparations.
171 miles for $35 billion is $200 million per mile, not $20 million.
The pylons for the elevated train tracks will make a good framework to build affordable housing for bums and illegals.
Sure make the rest of America pay for that total waste of money,,,,,
The handpicked consultants and designers have already made a ton of money so, the rest is irrelevant ….
If I need to get to San Francisco in a hurry, or just to visit, I'm going to fly.
former Gov. Jerry Brown (who pushed this monstrosity): "I like trains!"
Billions spent on “planning” (salary for bureaucrats), environmental impact reports, right of way land/building purchases and some viaducts/overpasses built near Fresno.
HuH.
It will serve illegal aliens (subsidized) to get from field to field - and people visiting their relatives in the prison in Chowchilla.
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