[Willie Green]

Kudos to Mike Rosenberg for a well written and illustrated article that thoroughly explains to readers the different above-ground/ground level/below ground options that are being considered along various portions of the route.

I strongly urge California FReepers who are directly affected by these decisions to read the entirety of this article at the San Jose Mercury News website.

[MichiganConservative]

Based solely on what I know of California’s fiscal situation, it seems like California should cancel this stupid project and not spend as much of that $43+ bilion as possible.

[j-damn]

*including on so-called “Berlin Walls” that some cities fear will divide their communities and demolish homes and businesses. *

Is there anything more delightful than socialist NIMBYs?

You voted for it, so enjoy it.

[Uncle Hal]

My nephew lives on the SF peninsula near the RR tracks where the high speed train is proposed. Existing tracks now carry slower speed passenger trains. To carry the new trains the tracks will have to widened. These tracks go through the middle of some of the most expensive residential RE in the bay area. In some cases it literally goes through people’s backyard. Thus people will lose yard space. I can assure you these home owners are going to fight this tooth and nail. It will be interesting to observe because these people are predominately liberal and I am sure support rapid transit. But not in their backyard.

[Plutarch]

If transportation between the Bay Area and Southern California is so friggin' important as to need a 43 billion boondoggle, why is there a dilapidated 2 lane road connecting 101 and Hwy 5?

[Mr. Bird]

$43 billion dollars. Assuming an average plane ticket price of $500, that amount of money would sustain all domestic air travel (all, not just CA) for 8 years. Let’s give the north to south California routes an overly generous 5% of that air travel pie, and you could subsidize flights for 160 years.

[shorty_harris]

I don’t even trust the murky news to tell the truth in the obituary section...

[Carry_Okie]

I strongly urge California FReepers who are directly affected by these decisions delusions to read the entirety of this article at the San Jose Mercury News website.

There, fixed it.

Monetization of the subsidies for fixed rail transportation dilutes every asset I possess. That makes you a thief. The concentration of urban development and control over its movements threatens the survival of the entire nation. It also raises prices for real estate, saddling families for generations with needless debt. That makes you a destructive would-be tyrant.

Your fascist wet dreams are more than a continuing irritant, or even a source of entertainment. You waste our time that could be spent developing better ways of communicating alternatives. I want you gone.

[Paladin2]

HS Rail was done years ago.

Too bad it didn't last long.

[Paladin2]

What the country needs is HS Bus.

>350 mph

[Paladin2]

What the country needs is HS Bus.

>350 mph