Help wanted: CEO for CA high speed rail project. High pay, sleepless nights

They can't even get interoperability with Caltrain settled out, and building miles of useless track in the Central Valley is all they've done so far (from what I remember, could be wrong there).

Re: Help wanted: CEO for CA high speed rail project. High pay, sleepless nights

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Post by mozumder » Sat, Jun 03, 2017, 10:16 PM UTC

yadongwen wrote: post #3

Just curious..if China could help build it with half cost and half time, would CA accept? If not, why?

Kinda amazing that the Chinese could help build our railroads again...

Re: Help wanted: CEO for CA high speed rail project. High pay, sleepless nights

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Post by mozumder » Sat, Jun 03, 2017, 10:17 PM UTC

atarian wrote: post #2

Would love to see Elon Musk take over and build the Hyperloop.

I'd much rather see a spacious and quiet HSR than a cramped Hyperloop.

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Post by koolba » Sat, Jun 03, 2017, 10:19 PM UTC

mozumder wrote: post #5

yadongwen wrote: post #3

Just curious..if China could help build it with half cost and half time, would CA accept? If not, why?

Kinda amazing that the Chinese could help build our railroads again...

We'll technology does tend to be cyclical.

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Post by randyrand » Sat, Jun 03, 2017, 10:20 PM UTC

I feel like more international airports in SF and LA would be much more useful. More locations to touch-down in, less crowded airports.

Getting from LA to SF is already quite easy travel wise - a 1 hr flight. It's getting to and from the airport and how crowded they are that's most annoying. More airports would help solve both of those.

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Post by blurbleblurble » Sat, Jun 03, 2017, 10:20 PM UTC

atarian wrote: post #2

Would love to see Elon Musk take over and build the Hyperloop.

More like hype-loop!

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Post by whyenot » Sat, Jun 03, 2017, 10:21 PM UTC

randyrand wrote: post #8

I feel like more international airports in SF and LA would be much more useful. More locations to touch-down in, less crowded airports. Getting from LA to SF is already quite easy travel wise - a 1 hr flight. It's getting to and from the airport and how crowded they are that's most annoying. More airports would help solve both of those.

There aren't a lot of good places to put them, at least in the Bay Area.