High Speed Rail in CA

[artplumber]

Originally Posted by Jim Bremner

are you on crack, sorry but google "the big dig" and come back with the results.

no good things will come of it. it might work in Europe {since they didn't need to spend the cash that WE did to protect them from the Commie horde}

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I am not on crack.

Projects do get porky, but will that ever change? The cost of any major project will only go up (especially as the dollar loses value). Are you suggesting that pork only happens in the US? Almost every industrialized nation has effective mass transit over long distances. We should too. We cannot afford to simply "keep on, keepin on". Trains could be powered by any means of electrical generation, move large capacities of people at reasonably fast rates, allow you to buy a ticket the minute before you leave (and not pay through the nose), etc, etc.

Getting people out of their cars is paramount to reducing energy consumption and wasted time in gridlock.

Admittedly, the one thing that this country has that others don't is paralysis from the threat of lawsuits, including so-called enviromental studies, as well as injury or worker rights stuff. We could always get rid of the lawyers though

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Its really there to benefit the illeagles. they get to ride for free. Why the hell do we need a train??? Don't we already have one. so what, if it takes 97 hours to get to SF from LA.

[look 171]

Originally Posted by artplumber

I am not on crack.

Projects do get porky, but will that ever change? The cost of any major project will only go up (especially as the dollar loses value). Are you suggesting that pork only happens in the US? Almost every industrialized nation has effective mass transit over long distances. We should too. We cannot afford to simply "keep on, keepin on". Trains could be powered by any means of electrical generation, move large capacities of people at reasonably fast rates, allow you to buy a ticket the minute before you leave (and not pay through the nose), etc, etc.

Getting people out of their cars is paramount to reducing energy consumption and wasted time in gridlock.

Admittedly, the one thing that this country has that others don't is paralysis from the threat of lawsuits, including so-called enviromental studies, as well as injury or worker rights stuff. We could always get rid of the lawyers though

What's more effective then grabbing my keys and walk to my car out on the driveway and get to SF with one gas stop along the 5 somewhere.