Fast Train to Failure: California’s Mismanaged High-Speed Rail Project
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#2Extra! Extra! Conservative think tank criticizes public transportation project.
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#3If only Elon Musk had managed it amirite?
Oh wait...
Re: Fast Train to Failure: California’s Mismanaged High-Speed Rail Project
#4Extra! Extra! Conservative think tank criticizes public transportation project.
HSR isn't "public transportation." Your maid isn't riding HSR to work. It's way more expensive than car travel for kids with families. HSR is taking state resources from people who need it to provide welfare for yuppies and business people.
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#5Extra! Extra! Conservative think tank criticizes public transportation project.
If you want to rebut something on the article, it would be helpful. Objectively, the route is not optimal, it is going to be slower than promised. Because the route is longer, and speeds lower, trips are going to take longer. The cost is far exceeding estimates. These are all true and real criticisms.
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#6Extra! Extra! Conservative think tank criticizes public transportation project.
Is an ad-hominem really the only thing you have to contribute? No thoughts on whether the $100 billion (and climbing) cost is really worth it?
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#7Self driving cars are expected roll out in the same time frame as this rail project. I think they change the ridership equation. The drive from LAX to SFO is about 6 hours, 3 hours longer than by HSR. But if I can work or sleep in the back I'd prefer to take the car. The car gives me more flexibility at the destination and more privacy, comfort and cargo space.
When self driving cars become sufficiently trustworthy a better solution might be a hybrid: high speed self driving car lanes.
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#8So, this article has some valid criticisms, but why is this the case? Why does it seem like modern America can't manage any public works projects without them taking twice as long and costing twice as much as projected? Is it regulation? Lack of work ethic? Graft? It seems like a major problem.
Re: Fast Train to Failure: California’s Mismanaged High-Speed Rail Project
#9So, this article has some valid criticisms, but why is this the case? Why does it seem like modern America can't manage any public works projects without them taking twice as long and costing twice as much as projected? Is it regulation? Lack of work ethic? Graft? It seems like a major problem.
We're all spread out really really far compared to the rest of the world.
Re: Fast Train to Failure: California’s Mismanaged High-Speed Rail Project
#10Self driving cars are expected roll out in the same time frame as this rail project. I think they change the ridership equation. The drive from LAX to SFO is about 6 hours, 3 hours longer than by HSR. But if I can work or sleep in the back I'd prefer to take the car. The car gives me more flexibility at the destination and more privacy, comfort and cargo space. When self driving cars become sufficiently trustworthy a…
Cars may become self driving, but that won't change the fundamental efficiency problem in that you can only fit so many people in a private car.
What you're describing can already be done by calling a Lyft, albeit at slightly higher costs than a self driving car.