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Plan to connect L.A. to Bay Area by bullet train gets full environmental approval
KTLA ^ | June 27, 2024 | by: Travis Schlepp

Posted on 06/27/2024 2:48:24 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

California’s massive and ambitious project to connect downtown Los Angeles with the Bay Area via electric trains capable of reaching speeds of over 200 mph has cleared its biggest hurdle to date.

On Thursday, the California High-Speed Rail Authority received complete environmental approval between the two regions, a historic milestone in a state notorious for holding up construction projects for environmental review.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: boondoggle; fakenews; highspeedrail; losangeles; sanfrancisco
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

All aboard!!

21 posted on 06/27/2024 3:32:20 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: hinckley buzzard

Maybe a foot was too much to get laid


22 posted on 06/27/2024 3:36:08 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

There are YouTube videos by train enthusiasts about high-speed rail in places like Indonesia and for that matter India. Both very densely populated, with challenging geography and both have managed to get lines running in less time than the California project.

So, it’s been 16 years, billions spent and not a foot of rail laid.” It’s the California Way™”


23 posted on 06/27/2024 3:36:20 PM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Everyone knows that the project will never, ever connect Frisco (Friscans just HATE it when you call Frisco "Frisco") and LA.

And, if it were to be built, (again, it will never be completed) then the new problem is that nobody (except for a few purple-haired cat ladies, one time each) wants to take it. I know dozens of Cali progressives, and not one has ever stated that they want, or even will take the "high speed" ha ha "rail".

It will not go as fast as initially stated, (Consider that anyone taking the bullet train will still need to park, clear security, and most likely rent a car at the destination is really taking the slow train) and and the reliability of a fast train on such a long line is, one suspects, likely to be poor.

The cost of construction, operation, and maintenance is so ridiculously high that ticket prices could never compete with the airlines or self-driving.

Deceit.

It's the Dems' middle name.

24 posted on 06/27/2024 3:36:28 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never...in nothing, great or small...Winston ChurchIill)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They are already connected by bullets.


25 posted on 06/27/2024 3:43:30 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Only took 16 years to get a environmental study done, which I’m sure will get held up in court for another 4-6 years.


26 posted on 06/27/2024 3:50:23 PM PDT by matt04 ( )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They have been working on the bullet train in California since I was in high school 40 years ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


27 posted on 06/27/2024 3:52:07 PM PDT by Tzimisce ( )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It will be known as the Narco Express Line...


28 posted on 06/27/2024 3:53:39 PM PDT by SuperLuminal ( Where is Samuel Adams when we so desperately need him)
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To: JusPasenThru
I take the Brightline train from West Palm Beach to Orlando all the time and love it.

Are there still virtually no stops between Palm Beach and Orlando?

29 posted on 06/27/2024 3:55:44 PM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

what a joke, rn its being built between merced and bakersfield, just a lot of bridges built no track yet.

this will never be build in my life time
who is going to ride it anyway!!
LAX to SFO is 1 hr flying time


30 posted on 06/27/2024 4:11:42 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They are now on track to complete this project...by the year 2736.


31 posted on 06/27/2024 4:13:07 PM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Will enable high speed “cruising for sex” between the homo centers of Calif.


32 posted on 06/27/2024 4:13:51 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty)
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To: JusPasenThru

I just heard great things about the Brightline train!! 2 cruise couples used it from Orlando to Ft. Lauderdale!! They said it was really nice!


33 posted on 06/27/2024 4:32:50 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What is it up to now? A trillion dollars?


34 posted on 06/27/2024 5:36:17 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: hinckley buzzard

Paper train and money pit


35 posted on 06/27/2024 5:44:09 PM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Bullet train front one sh$those to another.


36 posted on 06/27/2024 6:04:58 PM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I just don’t see a problem with this train, even if track never gets laid at all. The beauty of this project is politicians can skim hordes of money off this project with practically no one getting killed. Now compare this to the Uke war, where thousands are getting killed just so a few can get rich.

Think about that, this train is much more American.


37 posted on 06/27/2024 6:17:50 PM PDT by redfreedom (Joseph Stalin: "It does not mater how anyone votes, how votes are counted is what matters.")
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To: JusPasenThru
I think Brightline is largely private which means they can’t embezzle public funds.
Dollars to doughnuts they're receiving government subsidies AKA "public funds".
38 posted on 06/27/2024 6:24:59 PM PDT by lewislynn (Trump did more for America and Americans in a 4 yr term than any Pres. in your lifetime.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Now give us another $100 billion!


39 posted on 06/27/2024 6:42:59 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I propose a Ballot Initiative to Amend the State Constitution:

All State Offices shall be immediately relocated to Bakersfield, All Appointed or Elected persons shall exclusively use Mass Public Transit for 100% of their Travel to and from the State office they work in.


40 posted on 06/27/2024 7:06:47 PM PDT by eyeamok
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