Biden's High-speed rail initiative

[Politruk]

They are the one's shouting down speakers.

No, they're not. Leftists are not that numerous, even in LA.

 

[icanhelp1]

Nobody on this side is crying. There is nothing but cheers over here for the demise of Democrat organized crime.

11.2 billion spent on high speed rail and no track laid as of yet. Total projected cost including cost overruns = $136 billion. Pelosi made a shit ton of money on this debacle.

Where's HisArpy lately?

 

[Rightguide]

11.2 billion spent on high speed rail and no track laid as of yet. Total projected cost including cost overruns = $136 billion. Pelosi made a shit ton of money on this debacle.

Where's HisArpy lately?

It's a total debacle but clinging Democrats insist on taking that train to nowhere.

I don't know. He may be just busy or maybe taking a break.

 

[Politruk]

Pelosi made a shit ton of money on this debacle.

How do you know that?

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

More reporting on the protest at Union Station where Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy was booed and shouted down by a crowd of angry Angelenos chanting "Build the Train!" and "No to kings!"

 

[Lance_Castro]

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[BrightShinyGirl]

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We think we've defeated the stupid monorail through the Sepulveda Pass. The preferred alternatives are all high-capacity subways.

 

[Politruk]

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.

Is this money still coming, now that Trump is POTUS?

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

Is this money still coming, now that Trump is POTUS?

That's the concern. As a car tycoon, Elon Musk has always wanted to kill any public project that reduces car dependency.

There's also worry that Trump might interfere with completion of the D line subway down Wilshire.

With his opposition to congestion pricing in Manhattan, Donald Trump has already shown himself to be the pro-traffic President.

 

[Politruk]

That's the concern. As a car tycoon, Elon Musk has always wanted to kill any public project that reduces car dependency.

Musk is behind a mass transit project in Las Vegas. Sorta. Actually, it's underground roads for Teslas to drive on.

 

[Rightguide]

Cry harder.

^^^
Never has an original thought.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

Nobody on this side is crying. There is nothing but cheers over here for the demise of Democrat organized crime.

As Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy explained to the protesters, BSG and all other California taxpayers have good reason to cry.

The Panama Canal took 10 years to build.

Golden Gate Bridge: 4 years.
Hoover Dam: 5 years.
China builds high-speed rail in 2-3 years.

In @GavinNewsom’s California? Almost $16 BILLION in 16 YEARS. Not ONE track laid—just a couple of bridges to nowhere.

California protesters are mad that I’m calling for an investigation. Here’s my response:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1893387558064677264

 

[LLCox]

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.

More money into someones pocket. Just how is the high speed rail going in California. LMAO If you don't know Ill provide a report. Amtrak is Gov. funded and can barely stay on the rails.

 

[Politruk]

HSR has the flashy high-tech-of-the-future cachet -- but what we really need, to take cars off the roads (and that is what it's all about), is a denser network of conventional rail. HSR replaces airlines. Conventional rail replaces cars and trucks.

 

[Rightguide]

As Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy explained to the protesters, BSG and all other California taxpayers have good reason to cry.

The Panama Canal took 10 years to build.

Golden Gate Bridge: 4 years.
Hoover Dam: 5 years.
China builds high-speed rail in 2-3 years.

In @GavinNewsom’s California? Almost $16 BILLION in 16 YEARS. Not ONE track laid—just a couple of bridges to nowhere.

California protesters are mad that I’m calling for an investigation. Here’s my response:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1893387558064677264

And nobody knows where the 16 billion went.

 

[Politruk]

Amtrak is Gov. funded and can barely stay on the rails.

Mass transit never pays for itself at the farebox, but it's worth spending public money on.

 

[BrightShinyGirl]

More money into someones pocket. Just how is the high speed rail going in California. LMAO If you don't know Ill provide a report. Amtrak is Gov. funded and can barely stay on the rails.

America has poured trillions into the money pit of the interstate system and it's never earned a dime.

 

[Politruk]

The real enemy here is the automobile and everything built around it. See Asphalt Nation, by Jane Holtz Kay.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

And nobody knows where the 16 billion went.

Yep. Pretty sure that choo choo to nowhere is on death row.

 

[BabyBoomer50s]

America has poured trillions into the money pit of the interstate system and it's never earned a dime.

How much has California’s HSR that was supposed to connect LA and the Bay Area earned for the voters that approved it in 2008?

 

[HumpDayHoratio]

11.2 billion spent on high speed rail and no track laid as of yet. Total projected cost including cost overruns = $136 billion. Pelosi made a shit ton of money on this debacle.

Where's HisArpy lately?

$2.5 million a mile by my maths….

 

[LLCox]

More money into someones pocket. Just how is the high speed rail going in California. LMAO If you don't know Ill provide a report. Amtrak is Gov. funded and can barely stay on the rails.

It took six years to build the trans continental railroad. They started at both ends with Chinese on one end and Irishmen on the other.

Oh look

https://www.zerohedge.com/political...-rail-face-audit-us-transportation-chief-says

 

[Hel_Books]

I’m hoping this gets built and America can catch up to other countries.

Always wondered why Americans have to drive or fly between, say, New York and Boston or New York and Washington. If you had decent railways there would be more room on the roads and less strain on the airports.

 

[Politruk]

Always wondered why Americans have to drive or fly between, say, New York and Boston or New York and Washington. If you had decent railways there would be more room on the roads and less strain on the airports.

It's a matter of culture. Read Asphalt Nation, by Jane Holtz Kay, and The Geography of Nowhere, by James Howard Kunstler.

 

[Politruk]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Diagrama_das_linhas_de_alta_velocidade_projectadas_nos_EUA.png/300px-Diagrama_das_linhas_de_alta_velocidade_projectadas_nos_EUA.pngProposed high-speed routes in the U.S. in 2001