Biden's High-speed rail initiative

[BabyBoomer50s]

If I recall, didn't then-California Governor Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown, Jr., push something similar like this during his third and fourth terms?

It was supposed to be a “bullet train” that would get people traveling between the Bay Area and LA in about 2 hours. It was approved by voters in 2008 and was supposed to have been completed by 2020 at a cost of $33 billion. Needless to say, that didn’t happen and cost estimates have ballooned to north of $100 billion and the project has been scaled back to a slow train between Bakersfield and Modesto sometime in the 2030s.

The Trump administration is on the brink of freezing federal funding which will effectively put a stop to the insanity.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

It was supposed to be a “bullet train” that would get people traveling between the Bay Area and LA in about 2 hours. It was approved by voters in 2008 and was supposed to have been completed by 2020 at a cost of $33 billion. Needless to say, that didn’t happen and cost estimates have ballooned to north of $100 billion and the project has been scaled back to a slow train between Bakersfield and Modesto sometime in the 2030s.

The Trump administration is on the brink of freezing federal funding which will effectively put a stop to the insanity.

Trump is not known for spending money wisely.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Trump is not known for spending money wisely.

We’ve already discussed this. The project under the jurisdiction of California. Trump has never held office in California. The federal government was providing supplemental funding but given the gross incompetence of California’s governor(s) and legislature, federal funding is likely to be terminated. California taxpayers can pick of the tab if voters are stupid enough to make that choice.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

We’ve already discussed this. The project under the jurisdiction of California. Trump has never held office in California. The federal government was providing supplemental funding but given the gross incompetence of California’s governor(s) and legislature, federal funding is likely to be terminated. California taxpayers can pick of the tab if voters are stupid enough to make that choice.

If Trump doesn’t want to pay for it, it must be a good investment.

 

[nowisthetime]

The MAGAts hate when presidents do anything beneficial for general society. They love when presidents screw people over, though.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

If Trump doesn’t want to pay for it, it must be a good investment.

Absolutely. California taxpayers should keep throwing money at it!

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

Absolutely. California taxpayers should keep throwing money at it!

And so should the federal government since that’s how Trump sees things.

 

[HumpDayHoratio]

Absolutely. California taxpayers should keep throwing money at it!

I can’t believe that after all the evidence we’ve presented, the “enlightened” are still arguing for this boondoggle!

I stand by this statement. The very ones screaming the loudest for this, will never set foot on that F’n Choo-choo! It will be too expensive and they’ll be in the Spirit/SouthWest/Frontier line at the airport getting their $59 tix to El Lay…

 

[OralAllOver]

trillion = billion times thousand

Trump tax breaks for uber wealthy, exploding deficit, taking health care away from kids, repeat TAKING HEALTHCARE AWAY FROM KIDS, in the $ trillions

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

California’s nightmare fiscal boondoggle is over. It’s dead. RIP

Trump rescinds $4 billion in US funding for California High-Speed Rail project​

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/tr...lifornias-high-speed-rail-project-2025-07-16/

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

California’s nightmare fiscal boondoggle is over. It’s dead. RIP

Trump rescinds $4 billion in US funding for California High-Speed Rail project​

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/tr...lifornias-high-speed-rail-project-2025-07-16/

It’s a shame that Trump did this to so many people and MAGA will let him waste so much money. I don’t get why simple math is so hard for so many people.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

It’s a shame that Trump did this to so many people and MAGA will let him waste so much money. I don’t get why simple math is so hard for so many people.

lol. You’ll just have to live with it.

 

[Saint_Ann]

We've got high speed rail. It doesn't go anywhere I want to go.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

lol. You’ll just have to live with it.

OR I could vote out those politicians who are bad at math and call out the hypocrisy of others who are happy this isn’t going forward.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

We've got high speed rail. It doesn't go anywhere I want to go.

LOL! Neither do planes.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

OR I could vote out those politicians who are bad at math and call out the hypocrisy of others who are happy this isn’t going forward.

Good luck!

 

[Saint_Ann]

LOL! Neither do planes.

Basically our HSR goes 2 places. A lot more choices by air, not that I really want to go anywhere.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

Basically our HSR goes 2 places. A lot more choices by air, not that I really want to go anywhere.

Then trains go 2 more places than planes go.
Do you really not understand how trains and planes work?
The US has no HSR.

 

[SgtSpiderMan]

Good luck!

LOL! I’m not the one who wandered into the thread and self owned.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Basically our HSR goes 2 places. A lot more choices by air, not that I really want to go anywhere.

Go to California. You can get from LA to San Francisco in 25 years and it will only cost you about $130 billion

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

Basically our HSR goes 2 places. A lot more choices by air, not that I really want to go anywhere.

California HSR has over a dozen stations along the route. With a train passengers can ride only as far as they need to go. To get the same flexibility with planes you need to schedule multiple flights for people to choose between.

 

[Justplainjeff]

Excellent news from the White House!

$8.2 Billion to build high-speed rail and improve intercity rail service. President Biden is delivering infrastructure for the 21st century.

There will never be high speed rail in this country. Why, you ask? Every train track in the United States is own by the freight train companies. Ask yourself, how comfy does freight have to be?

 

[Baztrachian]

I can’t believe that after all the evidence we’ve presented, the “enlightened” are still arguing for this boondoggle!

I stand by this statement. The very ones screaming the loudest for this, will never set foot on that F’n Choo-choo! It will be too expensive and they’ll be in the Spirit/SouthWest/Frontier line at the airport getting their $59 tix to El Lay…

Most everyone who is of adult age today will be long dead before CAHSR is completed. The completion date for the initial segment is now being tossed around as 2035-2040. The completion date of the LA to SF line is mostly being avoided in the media but a few are saying dates like 2050 to 2080. And then they'll start work to connect San Diego and Sacramento.

 

[Hel_Books]

Why doesn't the USA have decent high-speed rail? It's just nutty that people will fly (with all the delays hassles of getting to the airport, taking off your shoes and being felt up by security etc etc etc) or even drive between points like New York City and Boston, or Washington DC and New York City!

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Most everyone who is of adult age today will be long dead before CAHSR is completed. The completion date for the initial segment is now being tossed around as 2035-2040. The completion date of the LA to SF line is mostly being avoided in the media but a few are saying dates like 2050 to 2080. And then they'll start work to connect San Diego and Sacramento.

Actually the rescission of federal funding has effectively killed it. They might complete the Bakersfield to Merced section though.