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California just quit high speed rail debacle

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  • TurdBomber
    TurdBomber Member Posts: 20,052 Standard Supporter
    sarktastic said:

    Heads up, Youtube as been hacked. Or maybe q13, not sure

    https://youtu.be/QnS0_4yB3Mc

    Fuck. That. Shit.

    Build walls at WA's Northern and Southern Borders.

    Fuck Liberal Portland and Double-Fuck Uber-Liberal Vancouver, BC.
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  • LebamDawg
    LebamDawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,846 Swaye's Wigwam
    2001400ex said:

    Pitchfork51 said:

    2001400ex said:

    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.

    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.
    Hey dumb faggot. <300 miles is perfect for high speed rail. </p>
    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.
    How true (at least that part) and most vagrants/homeless do go right next to a station
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  • sarktastic
    sarktastic Member Posts: 9,208
    edited February 2019
    I've ridden ALL of the trains at Magic Mountain.
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  • UW_Doog_Bot
    UW_Doog_Bot Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 18,589 Founders Club
    TurdBuffer said:

    sarktastic said:

    Heads up, Youtube as been hacked. Or maybe q13, not sure

    https://youtu.be/QnS0_4yB3Mc

    Fuck. That. Shit.

    Build walls at WA's Northern and Southern Borders.

    Fuck Liberal Portland and Double-Fuck Uber-Liberal Vancouver, BC.
    Lol only 20% over budget? And finished in the 2030's.
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  • Doog_de_Jour
    Doog_de_Jour Member Posts: 8,042 Standard Supporter
    edited February 2019
    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
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  • sarktastic
    sarktastic Member Posts: 9,208
    Boeing and Airport workers don’t have a problem with it.
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  • 2001400ex
    2001400ex Member Posts: 29,457
    DawgWagonDan said:

    2001400ex said:

    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.

    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.
    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.
    https://www.abqjournal.com/1268465/rail-ridership-continues-to-fall.html
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  • 2001400ex
    2001400ex Member Posts: 29,457
    MikeDamone said:

    2001400ex said:

    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.

    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.
    Portland’s light rail is shit.

    HTH.
    Why am I not surprised you are too dumb to use it.
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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 115,770 Founders Club
    Doog_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 actually have a great transportation system for the sheer size and population of this country

    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
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