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brooklynite

(94,502 posts)

8. Market purchase or eminent domain

Reply to MicaelS (Original post)

Fri Feb 15, 2019, 05:29 PM

Feb 2019

If you believe that's an issue, you're basically saying that no further infrastructure of any sort can be built.

European and Asian nations have solved this problem.

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To advocates of high speed passenger rail service. [View all] MicaelS Feb 2019 OP

I Advocate GitRDun Feb 2019 #1

acquire the land for dedicated high speed passenger rail service? mitch96 Feb 2019 #15

You answered yourself Johnny2X2X Feb 2019 #2

No. MicaelS Feb 2019 #7

Hope everyone reads your post, Wellstone ruled Feb 2019 #3

Elevated and underground possibilities? loyalsister Feb 2019 #4

You have highlighted a whole host of factors/issues that need to be considered in projects like alwaysinasnit Feb 2019 #5

It would probably be one of the most--if not THE most expensive undertakings we ever did DFW Feb 2019 #6

Market purchase or eminent domain brooklynite Feb 2019 #8

china just puts opponents in concentration camps. nt msongs Feb 2019 #10

Not always... brooklynite Feb 2019 #13

I don't know MyNameGoesHere Feb 2019 #9

How about this... jmowreader Feb 2019 #11

How was high speed rail installed all over Europe? Japan? China? royable Feb 2019 #12

China does not have eminent domain NewJeffCT Feb 2019 #14