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Buttigieg and Biden dropping all kind of passenger rail news today. We'll see.

Posted by Volnelk Dec 8 '23, 10:35

More than $66B to create world class rail in the US.

Looking at the map there are four high speed rail lines.
Charlotte-Atlanta
Houston-Dallas
Seattle-Portand
SF-LA-Vegas.

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love it. hope it happens -- nm - Remlik Dec 8, 10:57
Hope it goes better than the high speed rail in CA. - spamlet Dec 8, 10:55 10
- Brightline addressed that by going electric as well as the plan is to put the rails within the already approved footprint of the I-15 - JD Dec 8, 11:03 4
  - the first sin was probably just not mapping it to the I-5 through the central valley but everybody gotta wet their beaks -- (edited) - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 11:06 3
    - That project is a whole different thing and I've no idea what it will take to get a North-South high speed train -- nm - JD Dec 8, 11:09 2
      - about a trillion dollars and 50 years at this point -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 11:11 1
        
        Heh. I should put that in my last instructions. Save part of my ashes and somebody take what's left of me on the high speed LA-SF train -- nm - JD Dec 8, 11:14
- unless you Robert Moses the costs of acquiring rights of way for straight line routes it's not economically viable in any state -- nm - hollywood big shot Dec 8, 10:57 4
  - It’s just the only one that’s tried. It wasn’t a slam on CA. - spamlet Dec 8, 11:22
  - use that giant tunnel boring machine and make them under the freeways since they go to same places the trains are needed -- nm - zeitgeist Dec 8, 11:01 1
    - The far easier approach of alongside the I-15 is the plan for Brightline West for the IE to Vegas train -- nm - JD Dec 8, 11:04
  - we need flying trains -- nm - decline Dec 8, 10:59
Anybody wanna do a few rails? -- nm - Afterparty Dec 8, 10:38

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