Give It Up Newsom - Train A No Go

[gregb]

https://archive.is/QlCTE

 

[glenn walker]

How am I going to vacation in Bakersfield if I can't use the train ?

 

[George Hatch]

I can't see how rail could ever eke enough passengers from the airlines along these routes to pay for its own maintenance and operations.

 

[glenn walker]

I can't see how rail could ever eke enough passengers from the airlines along these routes to pay for its own maintenance and operations.

Don't over think it. Lol

 

[Surf Cat]

Japan's doing it....Maglev.

Too much red tape and bureaucracy in the US....

 

[Charles West]

If our overlords would only get a clue. Perhaps a great way to do it would be to build the choo-choo that nobody will be able to afford to ride by allocating a tiny amount of state tax revenue derived from the development of the Monterey Basin natural gas fields. This would naturally stimulate the local economy, the very geography the choo-choo is supposed to travel through. This seems to be a no-brainer to all of us who shrug at the alleged horrors of global warming. What is Gavin the Decadent waiting for?

 

[glenn walker]

Newsom is a criminal and his developer buddies stole the money. Geez anyone else would be in prison.

 

[Surf Cat]

Newsom is a criminal and his developer buddies stole the money. Geez anyone else would be in prison.

Well..... let's refer to your quote from another thread.

"That's the beauty of real estate and finance there's so many different avenues one can take at almost any age."

You're doing it.... and apparently, so is Gavin..... you don't think he got some of that developer cash?

I suppose if you can live with yourself and sleep at night.... it's all good.

 

[glenn walker]

Well..... let's refer to your quote from another thread.

"That's the beauty of real estate and finance there's so many different avenues one can take at almost any age."

You're doing it.... and apparently, so is Gavin..... you don't think he got some of that developer cash?

I suppose if you can live with yourself and sleep at night.... it's all good.

Your grumpy. It's not my fault you are stuck in a rut.

 

[timd354]

Japan's doing it....Maglev.

Too much red tape and bureaucracy in the US....

At present time, Japan has no operational commercial Maglev lines although they are attempting to build one, however, the first one that they have been building since 2014 and which was scheduled to open in 2027 is beset by huge cost overruns and delays and will not open until at least 2034 per the latest reports. High speed rail works well in Japan because it is a very densely developed country with most of the population living in a relatively small area., but even there it is doubtful that Maglev will be an economic success. Building Maglev in the US just is not feasible due to the greater distances involved except possibly in a few very dense corridors such as the DC-NY northeast corridor, but even there it is not likely to be economically feasible within any of our lifetimes.