Comments on: California High-Speed Rail Is Moving Forward

By: Zachary Shahan

Zachary Shahan — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 05:09:00 +0000

I know, so freakin’ depressing. Even went against the FL business community… in order to prove a stupid as hell Tea Party point. Ugh, was so looking forward to that line.

By: Wayne Williamson

Wayne Williamson — Fri, 28 Jun 2013 00:08:00 +0000

Of course Florida(gov Rick Scott) rejected any funds…this was a stimulus to put Americans to work and provide tangible benefits in the long run.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 20:49:00 +0000

More nicely put than my reply, James.

By: James Leno

James Leno — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 20:45:00 +0000

The benefit to taxpayers is that those 65 miles are the first to be built in the entire 800 mile system. Don’t mistake the start of construction to be the end of the project.

When the project is completed, the two most populous regions in the state, and the central valley, will all be connected seamlessly on the same transit system. That will increase business activity, improve quality of life, and thus benefit the taxpayers.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:34:00 +0000

Possible. Elon has been pretty impressive to date.

But Elon would have no trouble getting Jerry Brown on the phone. If he has something significantly faster and cheaper it seems he would have brought Brown on board long ago.

By: Ivor O'Connor

Ivor O'Connor — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:04:00 +0000

I would like to wait until Elon speaks up Bob. He said he’d give us the plans for the “hyper-loop” soon after getting back from vacation. The hyper-loop he says would cost 1/10 the price and get us there much faster. Under an hour.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:49:00 +0000

Are you so Foxinated that you aren’t aware that we’re building HSR between SF and LA with Sac and the rest of the Valley included?

You aren’t aware that if we don’t then we’re going to have to add lanes to I5 and build new, larger airports to move people around the state?

Come on. Pick up your game. You’re information light.

Give this a read….
http://www.spur.org/publications/library/article/getting-high-speed-rail-track

By: Not Made of Money

Not Made of Money — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:02:00 +0000

I fail to see the benefit of high speed to go a total of 65 miles. $3.5 Billion to do it? what’s the ROI (return on investment) for taxpayers, aside from a handful getting a speedy commute to work or a business meeting at a highly subsidized rate?