PC,
Is that why New York City keeps going bankrupt?
Les
Is that why New York City keeps going bankrupt?
Les
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Desertdweller wrote:PC,Les,
Is that why New York City keeps going bankrupt?
Les
SF Gate Carolyn Lochhead BLog wrote:House Republicans late Thursday night adopted an amendment that would prohibit California from receiving any high speed rail money in a huge five-year transportation bill headed to the House floor next week. The $270 billion bill also eliminates bicycle and pedestrian programs and detaches urban mass transit funding from its traditional revenue source. The underlying bill did not include any high speed rail funding to begin with, and indeed would cut Amtrak by 25 percent, so the prohibition serves mainly as a stick in the eye to California’s plan for bullet trains.Again, I think CA is an ideal spot for HSR. Now the project has issues for sure.
David Benton wrote:I guess this is why it’s important to vote, and let your politicans know what you wantThey did vote. The politicians played around anyway.
amtrakowitz wrote:They did vote. The politicians played around anyway.The majority did vote to bond less than $10 Billion for CHSR, not over $90 Billion. The majority voted for a CHSR as it was then proposed to be. It's not that design anymore. It's gone from a grade separated railway using cheaper elevated construction to more expensive below grade construction. Instead of train riders watching the beautiful California scenery fly pass at 200 mph, they now see graffiti painted concrete walls fly pass at 200 mph.
I created this US High Speed Rail Map as a composite of several proposed maps from 2009, when government agencies and advocacy groups were talking big about rebuilding America's train system.I like the "Turquoise line" because it reconnects a "Floridian" somewhat via Atlanta and Savannah.
Having worked on getting California's high speed rail approved in the 2008 elections, I've long sung the economic and environmental benefits of fast trains.
This latest map comes more from the heart. It speaks more to bridging regional and urban-rural divides than about reducing airport congestion or even creating jobs, although it would likely do that as well.