California just quit high speed rail debacle

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California voters approved the pricey proposal in 2008. Backers – including several Democratic lawmakers – heralded it as an inventive concept that would connect Californians and transform transit policies down the road.
But critics claimed the bullet train project was a waste of time and money.
“This so-called bullet train is a solution in search of a problem that is plagued by billions of dollars in cost overruns and fiscal mismanagement,” San Diego Councilman Mark Kersey told Fox News in 2018, adding that the billions wasted on the project “could have been invested in our current infrastructure needs, such as water storage, flood control, highways and bridges.” "
"Or a wall" Senator Bannon added laughing at the idiots who voted for this boondoggle in the first place.
"I hope AOC is paying attention," the Senator continued, "this is definitely in my plans as an issue when I run in 2024" -
It was only 77 billion wasted. Kalifornia has plenty money comrade. Reeducation camps need funding. No flying trains!
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Great news. I didn’t vote for it in 2008. It never made any sense financially, practically or economically. It’s just like trump’s border wall fiasco.
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Sure.
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- Totally overhaul transportation by massively expanding electric vehicle manufacturing, build charging stations everywhere, build out highspeed rail at a scale where air travel stops becoming necessary, create affordable public transit available to all, with goal to replace every combustion-engine vehicle
- Totally overhaul transportation by massively expanding electric vehicle manufacturing, build charging stations everywhere, build out highspeed rail at a scale where air travel stops becoming necessary, create affordable public transit available to all, with goal to replace every combustion-engine vehicle
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But your heros wanted it and you voted for those commie fucks so yes you voted for it.CirrhosisDawg said:Great news. I didn’t vote for it in 2008. It never made any sense financially, practically or economically. It’s just like trump’s border wall fiasco.
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Fantasy was just terminated in favor of modern Science and Technology.
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Clear photo shopUW_Doog_Bot said:- Totally overhaul transportation by massively expanding electric vehicle manufacturing, build charging stations everywhere, build out highspeed rail at a scale where air travel stops becoming necessary, create affordable public transit available to all, with goal to replace every combustion-engine vehicle
- Totally overhaul transportation by massively expanding electric vehicle manufacturing, build charging stations everywhere, build out highspeed rail at a scale where air travel stops becoming necessary, create affordable public transit available to all, with goal to replace every combustion-engine vehicle
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I'm hearing in 10 years aviation will become obsolete because there will be so many trains built.RaceBannon said:
Clear photo shopUW_Doog_Bot said:- Totally overhaul transportation by massively expanding electric vehicle manufacturing, build charging stations everywhere, build out highspeed rail at a scale where air travel stops becoming necessary, create affordable public transit available to all, with goal to replace every combustion-engine vehicle
- Totally overhaul transportation by massively expanding electric vehicle manufacturing, build charging stations everywhere, build out highspeed rail at a scale where air travel stops becoming necessary, create affordable public transit available to all, with goal to replace every combustion-engine vehicle
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Flying trains!UW_Doog_Bot said:
I'm hearing in 10 years aviation will become obsolete because there will be so many trains built.RaceBannon said:
Clear photo shopUW_Doog_Bot said:- Totally overhaul transportation by massively expanding electric vehicle manufacturing, build charging stations everywhere, build out highspeed rail at a scale where air travel stops becoming necessary, create affordable public transit available to all, with goal to replace every combustion-engine vehicle
- Totally overhaul transportation by massively expanding electric vehicle manufacturing, build charging stations everywhere, build out highspeed rail at a scale where air travel stops becoming necessary, create affordable public transit available to all, with goal to replace every combustion-engine vehicle
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Once upon a time alarmists like Hawking said man has how ever many years to find a new planet to live on because we are destroying earth
Gonna be tough to fire those rockets on compost fuel -
High speed rail would have been fantastic about 40 years ago.
Even though Amtrak on the easy coast isn't high speed it kicks the crap out of flying.
I think it would make sense throughout Texas first.
Not too far of distances and nothing in between the cities. That California route is a fucking nightmare.
Phoenix and Tucson actually not a bad idea. -
Albuquerque to Santa Fe was a waste. The West coast is too spread out for trains to make sense other than light rail stuff in town. San Diego and Portland both have a sweet setup.Pitchfork51 said:High speed rail would have been fantastic about 40 years ago.
Even though Amtrak on the easy coast isn't high speed it kicks the crap out of flying.
I think it would make sense throughout Texas first.
Not too far of distances and nothing in between the cities. That California route is a fucking nightmare.
Phoenix and Tucson actually not a bad idea. -
It will be a mute point in 12 years anyways.2001400ex said:
Albuquerque to Santa Fe was a waste. The West coast is too spread out for trains to make sense other than light rail stuff in town. San Diego and Portland both have a sweet setup.Pitchfork51 said:High speed rail would have been fantastic about 40 years ago.
Even though Amtrak on the easy coast isn't high speed it kicks the crap out of flying.
I think it would make sense throughout Texas first.
Not too far of distances and nothing in between the cities. That California route is a fucking nightmare.
Phoenix and Tucson actually not a bad idea. -
Exactly. Flying trains will take over by then.UW_Doog_Bot said:
It will be a mute point in 12 years anyways.2001400ex said:
Albuquerque to Santa Fe was a waste. The West coast is too spread out for trains to make sense other than light rail stuff in town. San Diego and Portland both have a sweet setup.Pitchfork51 said:High speed rail would have been fantastic about 40 years ago.
Even though Amtrak on the easy coast isn't high speed it kicks the crap out of flying.
I think it would make sense throughout Texas first.
Not too far of distances and nothing in between the cities. That California route is a fucking nightmare.
Phoenix and Tucson actually not a bad idea. -
Hey dumb faggot. <300 miles is perfect for high speed rail.2001400ex said:
Albuquerque to Santa Fe was a waste. The West coast is too spread out for trains to make sense other than light rail stuff in town. San Diego and Portland both have a sweet setup.Pitchfork51 said:High speed rail would have been fantastic about 40 years ago.
Even though Amtrak on the easy coast isn't high speed it kicks the crap out of flying.
I think it would make sense throughout Texas first.
Not too far of distances and nothing in between the cities. That California route is a fucking nightmare.
Phoenix and Tucson actually not a bad idea.
You can't have shit too close. Then you don't get there fast.
Like 100-250 or 300 is the sweet spot. Especially if it's flat and not much shit in between. -
Yes and the East coast is set up for that. But West coast is too Spread out. Albuquerque is lame unless you live right next to the a station and need to go right next to a station. It takes to long when you can just drive. I've made that commute a couple hundred times in the last 10 years.Pitchfork51 said:
Hey dumb faggot. <300 miles is perfect for high speed rail. </p>2001400ex said:
Albuquerque to Santa Fe was a waste. The West coast is too spread out for trains to make sense other than light rail stuff in town. San Diego and Portland both have a sweet setup.Pitchfork51 said:High speed rail would have been fantastic about 40 years ago.
Even though Amtrak on the easy coast isn't high speed it kicks the crap out of flying.
I think it would make sense throughout Texas first.
Not too far of distances and nothing in between the cities. That California route is a fucking nightmare.
Phoenix and Tucson actually not a bad idea. -
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Where's 2020 Presidential Hopeful Governor of Washington Jay Inslee today?
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I've ridden the Railrunner between ABQ and SF a couple times while on a family vacations. Seems like it had good ridership when we were on it. The bathrooms smelled like the 4th Ave Taco Bell bathrooms though. Holy moses it was nasty.2001400ex said:
Albuquerque to Santa Fe was a waste. The West coast is too spread out for trains to make sense other than light rail stuff in town. San Diego and Portland both have a sweet setup.Pitchfork51 said:High speed rail would have been fantastic about 40 years ago.
Even though Amtrak on the easy coast isn't high speed it kicks the crap out of flying.
I think it would make sense throughout Texas first.
Not too far of distances and nothing in between the cities. That California route is a fucking nightmare.
Phoenix and Tucson actually not a bad idea. -
Fuck. That. Shit.sarktastic said:Heads up, Youtube as been hacked. Or maybe q13, not sure
https://youtu.be/QnS0_4yB3Mc
Build walls at WA's Northern and Southern Borders.
Fuck Liberal Portland and Double-Fuck Uber-Liberal Vancouver, BC. -
How true (at least that part) and most vagrants/homeless do go right next to a station2001400ex said:
Yes and the East coast is set up for that. But West coast is too Spread out. Albuquerque is lame unless you live right next to the a station and need to go right next to a station. It takes to long when you can just drive. I've made that commute a couple hundred times in the last 10 years.Pitchfork51 said:
Hey dumb faggot. <300 miles is perfect for high speed rail. </p>2001400ex said:
Albuquerque to Santa Fe was a waste. The West coast is too spread out for trains to make sense other than light rail stuff in town. San Diego and Portland both have a sweet setup.Pitchfork51 said:High speed rail would have been fantastic about 40 years ago.
Even though Amtrak on the easy coast isn't high speed it kicks the crap out of flying.
I think it would make sense throughout Texas first.
Not too far of distances and nothing in between the cities. That California route is a fucking nightmare.
Phoenix and Tucson actually not a bad idea. -
I've ridden ALL of the trains at Magic Mountain.
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Lol only 20% over budget? And finished in the 2030's.TurdBuffer said:
Fuck. That. Shit.sarktastic said:Heads up, Youtube as been hacked. Or maybe q13, not sure
https://youtu.be/QnS0_4yB3Mc
Build walls at WA's Northern and Southern Borders.
Fuck Liberal Portland and Double-Fuck Uber-Liberal Vancouver, BC. -
Portland’s light rail is shit.2001400ex said:
Albuquerque to Santa Fe was a waste. The West coast is too spread out for trains to make sense other than light rail stuff in town. San Diego and Portland both have a sweet setup.Pitchfork51 said:High speed rail would have been fantastic about 40 years ago.
Even though Amtrak on the easy coast isn't high speed it kicks the crap out of flying.
I think it would make sense throughout Texas first.
Not too far of distances and nothing in between the cities. That California route is a fucking nightmare.
Phoenix and Tucson actually not a bad idea.
HTH. -
It never ceases to amaze me how other industrialized countries kick our ass in terms of transportation (mass or otherwise). If fucking Uzbekistan can figure out high speed rail, so should we.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2017/03/11/why-doesnt-the-united-states-have-high-speed-bullet-trains-like-europe-and-asia/#329a89fbc080 -
Boeing and Airport workers don’t have a problem with it.
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https://www.abqjournal.com/1268465/rail-ridership-continues-to-fall.htmlDawgWagonDan said:
I've ridden the Railrunner between ABQ and SF a couple times while on a family vacations. Seems like it had good ridership when we were on it. The bathrooms smelled like the 4th Ave Taco Bell bathrooms though. Holy moses it was nasty.2001400ex said:
Albuquerque to Santa Fe was a waste. The West coast is too spread out for trains to make sense other than light rail stuff in town. San Diego and Portland both have a sweet setup.Pitchfork51 said:High speed rail would have been fantastic about 40 years ago.
Even though Amtrak on the easy coast isn't high speed it kicks the crap out of flying.
I think it would make sense throughout Texas first.
Not too far of distances and nothing in between the cities. That California route is a fucking nightmare.
Phoenix and Tucson actually not a bad idea. -
Why am I not surprised you are too dumb to use it.MikeDamone said:
Portland’s light rail is shit.2001400ex said:
Albuquerque to Santa Fe was a waste. The West coast is too spread out for trains to make sense other than light rail stuff in town. San Diego and Portland both have a sweet setup.Pitchfork51 said:High speed rail would have been fantastic about 40 years ago.
Even though Amtrak on the easy coast isn't high speed it kicks the crap out of flying.
I think it would make sense throughout Texas first.
Not too far of distances and nothing in between the cities. That California route is a fucking nightmare.
Phoenix and Tucson actually not a bad idea.
HTH. -
We actually have a great transportation system for the sheer size and population of this countryDoog_de_Jour said:It never ceases to amaze me how other industrialized countries kick our ass in terms of transportation (mass or otherwise). If fucking Uzbekistan can figure out high speed rail, so should we.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2017/03/11/why-doesnt-the-united-states-have-high-speed-bullet-trains-like-europe-and-asia/#329a89fbc080
We are letting it rust in the front yard at the moment but still
Rebuilding infrastructure is another thing we've talked about for decades
And done very little of