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Nothing. Less debt.
California is close to 100 billion now and has no track laid
You'd think for 100 bill, you'd get at least a hand job.
We are not Europe- we don't have an infrastructure set up to sustain what happens on either end of HSR. You take the Chunnel from London to Paris and in either city you take the tube/metro to your next stop. In the US most cities aren't set up to support that. When we have money to burn in Atlanta we start talking about expanding MARTA to suburbs. Great idea until you realize that all stops in town are to the Stadium/Courthouse/Georgia Tech. It's not realistic to ask someone to walk six blocks in the Atlanta summers to go from the MARTA stop to their office.
Never once have I heard a politician talk about incenting business to move closer to the MARTA lines. There's no grift in it for them.
GASLIGHT!
In America if it didn't get built in the late 1800s in major cities where there was little or no regulation it's too late
The shit that has been built late 20th century is like you describe. Feel good toys for the well to do to keep riff raff out o their way on the freeways
Saw a bit of Bill Mahar bemoaning how much red tape there is to build rail these days. No shit Bill - you don't want it by you either
Beverly Hills is suing to stop a line from going UNDER Beverley Hills. I like their lawyers in this one
The car is the modern horse. Freedom. Can't have that
They built light rail from Portland out to the big Clackamas mall and it just provided a nice line for the rats to ride out for some five finger discounts. Shop lifting and car theft exploded. Fare enforcement is non-existent along with security for passengers. Public transit is just a grift for public unions and politically connected construction companies. Giuliani cleaned up the New York City subway system. But the green commies think that public safety is not a priority but still are trying to take away our cars. Freedom of movement is dangerous to a fascist.
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I actually thought they had put some rail line down out around Merced and was going to post some wise ass crack about travelling from beautiful Tulare to Modesto but I went and looked in order to confirm before running my mouth, you're right, they still haven't put down even a single mile of track. Unfucking believable.
Making the same progress as the "new" I-5 bridge and expanding I-5 through north Portland. I'm seeing a pattern.
When the official response to crime on the public transit system is to stop publishing pictures and race of the perps you get a lot more crime.