[QUOTE=welfarefan;14307414]OP is Chinese and thinks we need to emulate their infrastructure because he watched some Bill Nye episode[/QUOTE]
This is why sneaker prices are out of control as we speak :(
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[QUOTE=welfarefan;14307414]OP is Chinese and thinks we need to emulate their infrastructure because he watched some Bill Nye episode[/QUOTE]
This is why sneaker prices are out of control as we speak :(
If the United States got a high speed rail that would mean more jobs for RR3, Axe and Doctorp
[QUOTE=hiphopanonymous;14306973]High speed rail makes no financial sense in the U.S.
Most of our major metropolitan areas are too far away from each other so the cost of material to profit ratio is abysmal for a concept like high speed rail - this isn't Europe or Japan.
This is also why Elon Musks bullshit about a tunnel is laughable. He's a con artist taking peoples investments for that dead end lol[/QUOTE]
Cross-country would cost too much and does not make sense. However, connecting similar terrains is feasible and worth it. Like one for northeast from DC to NYC, another from DC to Atlanta, another from Atlanta to Dallas then Dallas to San Diego and LA to San Francisco. 5 different high speed rails covering certain parts of the country.
My worry would be on the costs being overrun - everyone is out to scam and with corrupt politicians, it's easy for the scamming to happen. It needs strict regular inspections to make sure costs are not overrun. Do regular inspections and perhaps make the payments based on work done. As parts are completed and on time, make the payments. I don't like anyone getting paid before the work is done.
[QUOTE=bladefd;14307855]Cross-country would cost too much and does not make sense. However, connecting similar terrains is feasible and worth it. Like one for northeast from DC to NYC, another from DC to Atlanta, another from Atlanta to Dallas then Dallas to San Diego and LA to San Francisco. 5 different high speed rails covering certain parts of the country.
My worry would be on the costs being overrun - everyone is out to scam and with corrupt politicians, it's easy for the scamming to happen. It needs strict regular inspections to make sure costs are not overrun. Do regular inspections and perhaps make the payments based on work done. As parts are completed and on time, make the payments. I don't like anyone getting paid before the work is done.[/QUOTE]
Do you have any idea how far it is from Dallas to San Diego? Building a vast railroad across a desert when people can simply fly is utterly pointless.
And I'm pretty sure there already is a train between NYC and DC, no?
The bullet train from LA to San Fransisco was approved in 2008 and will be lucky to be HALFWAY done by 2030.
This is just another topic that gets framed as a "progressive ideal" so that a handful of people can get rich.
[QUOTE=FultzNationRISE;14307909][B]Do you have any idea how far it is from Dallas to San Diego? Building a vast railroad across a desert when people can simply fly is utterly pointless.[/B]
And I'm pretty sure there already is a train between NYC and DC, no?
[B]The bullet train from LA to San Fransisco was approved in 2008 and will be lucky to be HALFWAY done by 2030.
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This is just another topic that gets framed as a "progressive ideal" so that a handful of people can get rich.[/QUOTE]
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$100 billion boondoggle, way over budget, and maybe halfway done by 2030... :rockon:
Dopes, high speed rail would be cheaper, more convenient, and more environmentally friendly than air for regional travel.
[QUOTE=eliteballer;14308340]Dopes, high speed rail would be cheaper, more convenient, and more environmentally friendly than air for regional travel.[/QUOTE]
If you are traveling 3 states over, air travel is foolish way to travel tbh. Such a waste of fuel. You are better traveling in high speed rail because it is much more environmentally friendly and almost just as fast as a plane. Anyone suggesting traveling in plane for that short distance is a moron.
[QUOTE=eliteballer;14308340]Dopes, high speed rail would be cheaper, more convenient, and more environmentally friendly than air for regional travel.[/QUOTE]
Has the LA-SF train been cheaper and more convenient?
Now quadruple that project for a "DAL-SD" rail. Because, you know, tens of thousands of people need to make that trip day in and day out. It is an absolute must.
Also building a big rail track across the natural landscape is definitely the environmental bees knees. Meanwhile a handful of flights each day will cause Miami to sink underneath the glaciers any day now. It is an absolute catastrophe waiting to happen, and we can only save ourselves by running out and getting a shot from a big pharmaceutical company. Or something. Because #progressive.
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[QUOTE=bladefd;14308368]If you are traveling 3 states over, air travel is foolish way to travel tbh. Such a waste of fuel. You are better traveling in high speed rail because it is much more environmentally friendly and almost just as fast as a plane. Anyone suggesting traveling in plane for that short distance is a moron.[/QUOTE]
The dopes have no conception of what's good for society as a whole.
[QUOTE=Cleverness;14040719]The one-party state of California started its High Speed Rail Project in 2008.
It was supposed to be a $9.95 billion bond that would be repaid by private investors.
12 years later...
[B]No private investors
$100 billion dollar big gov't boondoggle
Taxpayers scammed
No train
ETA pushed back to the year 2033[/B][/QUOTE]
Who is accountable for this cluster****?
[QUOTE=hold this L;14309366]Who is accountable for this cluster****?[/QUOTE]
Well the public did vote on it. A state full of “eliteballers” are not hard to con.
They have only themselves to blame.
If built on a nation wide scale connecting the whole country I think it could bring us all together and stop some of the divisiveness that’s been going on. It would have more people out there traveling getting to know the country again. Some cool new towns with attractions would pop up along it. Too bad the politics, money, and the fact no one gives a shit about any of this stops it from happening. We can dream though. But yeah shit ain’t happening anytime in any good level.
[QUOTE=Norcaliblunt;14309466][B]If built on a nation wide scale connecting the whole country I think it could bring us all together and stop some of the divisiveness that’s been going on[/B]. It would have more people out there traveling getting to know the country again. Some cool new towns with attractions would pop up along it. Too bad the politics, money, and the fact no one gives a shit about any of this stops it from happening. We can dream though. But yeah shit ain’t happening anytime in any good level.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=FultzNationRISE;14309471]:roll:[/QUOTE]
Only thing that can stop the civil war that’s coming. I’m calling it right now. Book it.
If Germany builds the autobahn in the 20’s we don’t get Hitler.
You dopes are confusing the United States inability to build infrastructure because of red tape, bureaucracy, and lobbying by special interests with the actual good infrastructure projects like high-speed rail would do once built.