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Or maybe $98 billion. And partial service has been delayed to 2029.
Rail is a 20th century solution. But lots of crony capitalists will make billions of of this boondoggle. My guess is that this rail project will NEVER be completed.
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The California bullet train project took a sharp jump in price Friday when the state rail authority announced the cost of connecting Los Angeles to San Francisco would total $77.3 billion, an increase of $13 billion from estimates two years ago, and could potentially rise as high as $98.1 billion.
The rail authority also said that the earliest trains could operate on a partial system between San Jose and the farming town of Wasco would be 2029, five years later than the previous projection. The disclosures are contained in a 114-page business plan that was issued in draft form by the rail authority and will be finalized this summer in a submission to the Legislature.
. Proving that with government work you can have it neither cheap nor fast, the earliest any major part of the system might be fully operational is now 2029, not 2024, with the major San Francisco to Anaheim line not on target til 2033.
Conservatives have a really weird hangup about trains. They love cars, trucks and airplanes -- but hate train travel. It's very, very odd.
Liberals love trains. Someone tells them when to get on, when they'll get somewhere, where they can get off, and someone else paying most of the fare. They don't have to think for themselves because government will do it for them.
I can't speak about California, but rail can be part of a 21st century solution. Leaving it up to the highways isn't working too well either. Look at Brightline in Florida and many succesful light rail and trolley solutions in some major cities.
What is the cost of doing nothing and continuing to avoid mass transit. I’m not saying the cost is reasonable but to continue to do nothing in California and other states is complete madness. Compared to transportation in Europe we are the equivalent of cave men.
We need to get people out of cars where it makes sense, there are so many congested areas around the country, our attitude needs to change.
Liberals love trains. Someone tells them when to get on, when they'll get somewhere, where they can get off, and someone else paying most of the fare. They don't have to think for themselves because government will do it for them.
I take it you don’t commute in major metropolitan area.
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