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More boondoggle for the consulting class, still not a mile of operational high speed rail in the whole country (hexbear.net)

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At this point just pay China to build the damn thing, everything we have is already made in China anyway what's the difference

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[–] AstroStelar@hexbear.net 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Reasons for California HSR's troubles:

Bureaucratic hurdles, constant political uncertainty
Land acquisition issues/NIMBYs
No local knowledge on how to build high-speed rail so everything's bespoke
Too many layers of subcontractors and consultants

The only thing this alleviates is maybe land acquisition, because you can more easily follow existing highway corridors and just drive into downtown, while making all other problems worse because now there's no GLOBAL expertise!

In the article, a professor suggests that it could be used to supplement high-speed rail by setting them up as "feeder lines" between HSR stations and nearby towns. But the line is already designed so that most towns in the Central Valley are less than thirty minutes away by car from an HSR station, so what's the point?