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If they could have actually built a high-speed rail line from Los Angeles to San Francisco for $30-some billion, it might not have been so bad. But apparently, they can't even build one along the nice and flat land between Bakersfield and Fresno for less than $90 billion -- and counting.
If they could have actually built a high-speed rail line from Los Angeles to San Francisco for $30-some billion, it might not have been so bad. But apparently, they can't even build one along the nice and flat land between Bakersfield and Fresno for less than $90 billion -- and counting.
Exactly.
The Central Valley is flat and empty farmland (relatively empty). It's the cheapest area to construct HSR and yet, there are massive cost overruns. This segment is literally the train to and from nowhere.
I can't believe that CAHSR didn't decide to work on a segment from SF outbound first. Californians are going to lose their minds when this first segment opens up and nobody rides it.
They still have not nailed down an exact route into Los Angeles...
You can buy a 1 way ticket from LAX to SFO for $39.
HSR will cost much more (by law) and take longer.
Right, but you know what comes next; once the boondoggle bullet train is up and running, California Democrats will try to follow in the footsteps of some of the countries in Western Europe that have banned airline routes that are (relatively) short hops, because Climate Change™.
So, I’m sure at some point they will try to outlaw flights between LA and San Francisco.
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