High Speed Rail (rain, water, fun)

[Fontucky]

Originally Posted by EscapeCalifornia

I think that's called a white elephant.

Or Amtrak.

[Bulldogdad]

Originally Posted by Gemdiver

This could also explain the speed slowdown.

https://chinaurbandevelopmentblog.wo...ks-in-trouble/

Um yeah a GOVERNMENT sanitized blog.

[munna21977]

Originally Posted by Majin

In some ways China is 100 years ahead of us and in other ways they are 100 years behind us. Very interesting place.

which way are they 100 years behind us?

[SDNative70]

Originally Posted by bulldogdad

“In China, we will have a debt crisis — a high-speed rail debt crisis,” he said. “I think it is more serious than your subprime mortgage crisis. You can always leave a house or use it. The rail system is there. It’s a burden. You must operate the rail system, and when you operate it, the cost is very high.”

CAHSR Authority and it's supporters would call that success.

Originally Posted by EscapeCalifornia

I think that's called a white elephant.

That or a sea of red...

[SDNative70]

Originally Posted by Gemdiver

This could also explain the speed slowdown.

https://chinaurbandevelopmentblog.wo...ks-in-trouble/

Doubt it.

They have more money than they know what to do with. When they built the Maglev line in Shanghai they didn't have time to do an earthquake analysis so they spent twice what they should have and over built it.

[Gemdiver]

Originally Posted by munna21977

which way are they 100 years behind us?

They still eat dog.

[KrazeeKrewe]

Lets see what tha liberal rag the New York Times has to say about High-speed rail.[/url]

“High-speed rail is good for society and it’s good for the environment, but it’s not a profitable business,” said Mr. Barrón of the International Union of Railways. He reckons that only two routes in the world — between Tokyo and Osaka, and between Paris and Lyon, France — have broken even.

Gee wizz Wally, lets put High Speed Rail everywhere.

[DarkWolf]

Originally Posted by KrazeeKrewe

Lets see what tha liberal rag the New York Times has to say about High-speed rail.[/url]

Gee wizz Wally, lets put High Speed Rail everywhere.

He left out the Acela and alot of other routes that break even...

[Gemdiver]

HSR is good for society. The more people that take HSR, the faster I am able to get to my destination driving my car, not to mention that there will be less congestion on the freeway for me.

[Pretzelogik]

Originally Posted by SportyandMisty

China has had the fastest high speed rail... but China is slowing them down.

China Puts Brakes on High-Speed Trains - WSJ.com

"BEIJING—China will begin forcing its growing fleet of high-speed trains to operate at slower speeds, the country's railways chief said in an interview with state-run media, in the latest sign of trouble for the country's most vaunted transportation project.

Sheng Guangzu, head of China's Ministry of Railways, said in an interview with the Communist Party's People's Daily newspaper published Wednesday that the decision will make tickets more affordable and improve energy efficiency on the country's high-speed railways."...

It seems China knows something California doesn't know.

California is on a high speed derail.