Posted on 03/28/2014 9:18:01 PM PDT by george76
When California first put the issue of building a high-speed bullet train between Los Angeles and San Francisco before voters, Gov. Jerry Brown made all sorts of nifty-sounding promises about how efficient, convenient, and fiscally sound a choice the rail line would be for Californians.
All of those promises have more or less turned out to be a sham by now, as the trains costs have exploded and its deadlines pushed way back, and now it appears that that less-than-three-hour ride Californians were originally promised well, probably isnt.
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who really considers a mounting wall of debt and a slew of unfunded pension liabilities a crisis?
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Proposition_1A_(2008)
The California Bullet Train And The Impervious Jerry Brown
More than half of Californians oppose an expensive rail project supported by Gov. Jerry Brown that would take riders between Los Angeles and San Francisco in less than three hours. That doesnt seem to bother Brown and it doesnt seem to be hurting him either.
posted on March 27, 2014 at 11:17pm EDT
Hunter Schwarz
http://www.buzzfeed.com/hunterschwarz/the-california-bullet-train-and-the-impervious-jerry-brown
Ding, ding, ding - we have a thread winnah!!!
It's been discussed before, but in order to get up to 100 mph, you need time, and you can't slow down to 20 mph every 30 miles to safely pass through small towns.
First, because it's not legal, second, because it's not safe, third, unless you want to get off in these small towns, it's completely worthless.
A bullet train from LA to Vegas makes sense.
And I could actually see it making a profit.
To Gov. Moonbeam: RE-THINK this!
You can pay your union goon masters their tribute and actually create something of value.
Seriously. How many old fogeys take buses to Atlantic City out of Philadelphia? Lotsa.
Now imagine selling the fogeys on a train that will get you to Vegas in a couple of hours.
And get you home in a reasonable time.
Win-win.
And I'll bet the Vegas casinos would chip in for some of the costs.
Anyone that’s driven the 15 on Friday night to Vegas or Sunday night back to LA knows there’s money in a bullet train back and forth.
Two lines to Barstow. One from Burbank one from Ontario..
One line from Barstow to Vegas.
Gambling on the train
Gov should go to Nevada and meet with Vegas mayor, nv governor and hotel owners. $5 per day room tax.
No public funds except right of way planning and environmental report.
By the way, that _______________ isnt actually going to be as ___________ as we said it would be.
Please!
Run for President next time!!!!
The Gordian knot has been riven asunder!
The math will be a bit fuzzy; because there is some time spent doing enjoyable things in a TERMINAL at each end of the trip.
We have ANOTHER winner!
Now split the profit!
This is the only thing that makes sense. Combined with EPA minnow-gate - shutting down farming, it adds up to a land-grab of farms by connected developers.
Niiice! But at least if you go SOUTH, you can make stops in Mexico and provide humane transportation to thousands of temporary Mexican workers.
3-hour tour, 4-hour screening process, 6=hour delays.
And a hell of a lot of that federal money is headed into Chicago...
How about a bullet train to Tijuana so we can ‘send back them’ faster?
enjoyable things in a TERMINAL -—
Like TSA searches???
I seem to recall SOMETHING about the FIRST trains to cross our continent...
FYI, NO ONE in California calls it “Calli.” Only tourists say that. Just sayin’. And what on God’s green earth is a “Cali burger” NO ONE out here has a clue what you man.
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