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I never said it is. But Phase One is nowhere to nowhere as far as commuters are concerned and it won't be completed for 10 years at the earliest.
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All these fruit trees can disappear in a moment and give way for new developments.
If you can work remotely, why wouldn't you stay in the Central Valley instead of San Francisco, especially, if transportation options would be excellent?
For one thing, the segments from the valley to the peninsula are unlikely to be high-speed. Maybe faster than BART, but the terrain is not conducive to high-speed rail.
If you need to commute into San Francisco from Fresno, it would be better to just fly. I suspect high-speed rail tickets will not be cheap and flying takes about an hour.
Anyway, you got me all wrong. I'm seriously looking at retiring in Rocklin or Roseville. I don't hate the valley.
So we pay billions so you can work remotely? Is that the theme here? You know your work is gonna make you choose and even then once in a while. May as well buy a piper cub for those occasional trips to work.
This thing is called connectivity. When you build a road (a rail road too), it will be used by people for centuries.
If you need to commute into San Francisco from Fresno, it would be better to just fly. I suspect high-speed rail tickets will not be cheap and flying takes about an hour.
California can easily add a pollution surcharge to plane tickets.
$200 one way, for example.
It won't affect international flights much, but LA -> SF can be more expensive.
California can easily add a pollution surcharge to plane tickets.
$200 one way, for example.
It won't affect international flights much, but LA -> SF can be more expensive.
So, you're saying the state will penalize air travel to the point people have no choice but to take high-speed rail? I don't see that happening. I don't see the ban on ice vehicles happening either. Newsom will be gone and when the public gets a real taste of ice they will revolt one way or another (even if revolting means leaving and taking their taxes with them.)
Sadly, this has nothing to do with the high-speed rail.
Hidden somewhere in the California govt. homepage is a list of contracts signed regarding this project--I found it once, took forever.
An amazing number of the contracts weren't for building the rail, or for supplies, but for "consultants." How many hundreds of consultants does it take? There were rumors for awhile that Mr. Pelosi got one of the contracts, but if it was under some business name, it would have been impossible to find.
At the end of the day, all the billions are gone, the elite are richer, and we'll probably just keep footing the bill.
This thing is called connectivity. When you build a road (a rail road too), it will be used by people for centuries.
For a few paid for by all for a very, very long time. A great condition used by Egyptian kings. You can all worship the pyramids they built still today.
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