California Senate approves funds for HSR

[Phoebe Vet]

dakotafred

This will be a fair test of whether we can build anything in the United States anymore.

That is the most profound statement I have seen since the Reagan Administration.  I agree completely.

[ndbprr]

Well good luck justifying this boondoggle. Maderia to Bakersfield not in a populated area and no initial return as who will ride it? Wait until they start paying for LA and SF Real estate. This will.never get beyond the train from nowhere to nowhere if it ever gets built.

[dakotafred]

Okay, this is the easy part (except for payments on the bonds by broke California). They'll have one nice little railroad in the Central Valley. North and south of there, the ditches will be full of NIMBYs and greenies armed with crowbars and court orders.

This will be a fair test of whether we can build anything in the United States anymore. For, if high-speed rail can be justified anywhere outside the NEC, it's LA-SF.

[ontheBNSF]

I hope we can find a source of money for this and that this actually gets built

[DwightBranch]

Today was the last chance to receive $3.2B in Federal funds by approving $2.6B in State funds, and the bill passed, work will begin in the Central Valley this year. The US is no longer the only advanced country without purpose-built 200 MPH passenger rail transportation.