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But we know that is almost always the case. This one is a special case of failure.
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California’s $64 Billion Bullet Train To Nowhere Gets Delayed … Again
This project is more about people getting paid than about getting people from place to place.
And then there is this;
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Out of the entire universe of those who could have won the first phase construction contract for California’s high speed rail boondoggle, who would stand out as the last person who would win it if there were no political patronage.
Put another way, who is the most likely person to win it if there is political patronage?
Both questions have the same answer: Richard Blum, the husband of California senator Diane Feinstein.
So, who won the contract? Blum, of course, as the principle owner of Tutor Perini, the lead firm in the three-firm consortium selected by the California High Speed Rail Authority.
That would help explain headlines like this one from just over a year ago:
"Dianne Feinstein praises Jerry Brown's high-speed rail plan"
There will not be any bullet train because we love our cars so much. Then, there are unions, regulations, environmental studies, debates, and more and more obstacles.
There will not be any bullet train because we love our cars so much. Then, there are unions, regulations, environmental studies, debates, and more and more obstacles.
But I suspect that Feinstein's husband will get his share of the money regardless of the outcome.
But we know that is almost always the case. This one is a special case of failure.
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California’s $64 Billion Bullet Train To Nowhere Gets Delayed … Again
This project is more about people getting paid than about getting people from place to place.
There will not be any bullet train because we love our cars so much. Then, there are unions, regulations, environmental studies, debates, and more and more obstacles.
This. The current central planning theme of the last 70 years has been putting forth legislation and subsidies for cars and suburbs.
To nowhere? There are like +30 million people in the Bay Area, LA, and San Diego. Pretty sure those 3 metros have more people than any other state.
I'm sure you skipped this part.
Even when completed, the first leg will only run from Madera (population 63,105) down to Shafter, a small town north of Bakersfield. Not exactly a heavy transportation corridor.
Even when completed, the first leg will only run from Madera (population 63,105) down to Shafter, a small town north of Bakersfield. Not exactly a heavy transportation corridor.
Well they are trying to build a whole line, not one leg. You're article with its misleading title is silly.
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I'm sure you skipped this part.
Even when completed, the first leg will only run from Madera (population 63,105) down to Shafter, a small town north of Bakersfield. Not exactly a heavy transportation corridor.
Madera is like 6 miles north of downtown Fresno( 520,000) and Shafter borders Bakersfield(363,000)
In most states, those would be the 2 largest cities, so lets stop talking as if they built the first leg in the middle of nowhere.
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