Querey for the bored

RaceBannon said:

Goduckies said:

High speed rail... since we are talking about throwing money away. Once built it would st least be useful

California is close to 100 billion now and has no track laid

WestlinnDuck said:

RaceBannon said:

georgiaduck said:

Goduckies said:

High speed rail... since we are talking about throwing money away. Once built it would st least be useful

We are not Europe- we don't have an infrastructure set up to sustain what happens on either end of HSR. You take the Chunnel from London to Paris and in either city you take the tube/metro to your next stop. In the US most cities aren't set up to support that. When we have money to burn in Atlanta we start talking about expanding MARTA to suburbs. Great idea until you realize that all stops in town are to the Stadium/Courthouse/Georgia Tech. It's not realistic to ask someone to walk six blocks in the Atlanta summers to go from the MARTA stop to their office.

Never once have I heard a politician talk about incenting business to move closer to the MARTA lines. There's no grift in it for them.

In America if it didn't get built in the late 1800s in major cities where there was little or no regulation it's too late

The shit that has been built late 20th century is like you describe. Feel good toys for the well to do to keep riff raff out o their way on the freeways

Saw a bit of Bill Mahar bemoaning how much red tape there is to build rail these days. No shit Bill - you don't want it by you either

Beverly Hills is suing to stop a line from going UNDER Beverley Hills. I like their lawyers in this one

The car is the modern horse. Freedom. Can't have that

They built light rail from Portland out to the big Clackamas mall and it just provided a nice line for the rats to ride out for some five finger discounts. Shop lifting and car theft exploded. Fare enforcement is non-existent along with security for passengers. Public transit is just a grift for public unions and politically connected construction companies. Giuliani cleaned up the New York City subway system. But the green commies think that public safety is not a priority but still are trying to take away our cars. Freedom of movement is dangerous to a fascist.

RaceBannon said:

georgiaduck said:

Goduckies said:

High speed rail... since we are talking about throwing money away. Once built it would st least be useful

We are not Europe- we don't have an infrastructure set up to sustain what happens on either end of HSR. You take the Chunnel from London to Paris and in either city you take the tube/metro to your next stop. In the US most cities aren't set up to support that. When we have money to burn in Atlanta we start talking about expanding MARTA to suburbs. Great idea until you realize that all stops in town are to the Stadium/Courthouse/Georgia Tech. It's not realistic to ask someone to walk six blocks in the Atlanta summers to go from the MARTA stop to their office.

Never once have I heard a politician talk about incenting business to move closer to the MARTA lines. There's no grift in it for them.

In America if it didn't get built in the late 1800s in major cities where there was little or no regulation it's too late

The shit that has been built late 20th century is like you describe. Feel good toys for the well to do to keep riff raff out o their way on the freeways

Saw a bit of Bill Mahar bemoaning how much red tape there is to build rail these days. No shit Bill - you don't want it by you either

Beverly Hills is suing to stop a line from going UNDER Beverley Hills. I like their lawyers in this one

The car is the modern horse. Freedom. Can't have that

WestlinnDuck said:

SFGbob said:

RaceBannon said:

Goduckies said:

High speed rail... since we are talking about throwing money away. Once built it would st least be useful

California is close to 100 billion now and has no track laid

I actually thought they had put some rail line down out around Merced and was going to post some wise ass crack about travelling from beautiful Tulare to Modesto but I went and looked in order to confirm before running my mouth, you're right, they still haven't put down even a single mile of track. Unfucking believable.

Making the same progress as the "new" I-5 bridge and expanding I-5 through north Portland. I'm seeing a pattern.

SFGbob said:

Doogles said:

SFGbob said:

RaceBannon said:

Goduckies said:

High speed rail... since we are talking about throwing money away. Once built it would st least be useful

California is close to 100 billion now and has no track laid

I actually thought they had put some rail line down out around Merced and was going to post some wise ass crack about travelling from beautiful Tulare to Modesto but I went and looked in order to confirm before running my mouth, you're right, they still haven't put down even a single mile of track. Unfucking believable.

Imagine if they spent the money on reservoirs to collect all that rain that just washed away.

Naaah, what good would that do? Better to "invest" in on high speed rail and healthcare for illegals.

UW_Doog_Bot said:

SFGbob said:

WestlinnDuck said:

SFGbob said:

RaceBannon said:

Goduckies said:

High speed rail... since we are talking about throwing money away. Once built it would st least be useful

California is close to 100 billion now and has no track laid

I actually thought they had put some rail line down out around Merced and was going to post some wise ass crack about travelling from beautiful Tulare to Modesto but I went and looked in order to confirm before running my mouth, you're right, they still haven't put down even a single mile of track. Unfucking believable.

Making the same progress as the "new" I-5 bridge and expanding I-5 through north Portland. I'm seeing a pattern.

In all honesty I'm shocked they still haven't put down a mile of track. I know they've built some of elevated structures to support some of the track because I've seen them the past few times out was out in the Valley. That's got to be the greatest make work job ever created. Seriously this is like African kleptocracy level corruption. Nothing ever gets built and all the money is stolen.

I used to say this about California a decade ago, the corruption is as bad or worse than 3rd world and people would laugh at me.

Now they play the ostrich boy game instead.