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In reply to the discussion: California Hits the Brakes on High-Speed Rail Fiasco [View all]anoNY42
(670 posts)51. We have high-speed travel
It's called an airplane...
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As a Californian, I think that it's time to pull the plug on this boondogle n/t
taught_me_patience
Jun 2016
#1
I know. Other countries get to have high speed travel throughout, but we're too pathetic to have it.
highprincipleswork
Jun 2016
#44
Like I say, we're idiots who don't deserve the kind of pleasures other developed countries have.
highprincipleswork
Jun 2016
#68
It depends on the distances involved. Let's look at a trip from LA to NYC.
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#73
I believe you misread my post. I was speaking of a trip from LA to New York City.
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#111
You could always take the train from Cleveland to DC. It only takes 11 hours.
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#116
Just as with the interstate highway system, the Feds will have to do this for the public good
brush
Jun 2016
#81
What is odd about ending a low efficiency high energy, pollution heavy, space using
Agnosticsherbet
Jun 2016
#17
"111 similar systems around the world and found only three that cover their operating cost."
cherokeeprogressive
Jun 2016
#9
It doesn't. It works in very dense places like Western Europe, Japan, and coastal China
Recursion
Jun 2016
#10
I would think between Orlando and Miami with some selective stops sure would.
seabeckind
Jun 2016
#61
Miami-Orlando proposed 25+ yrs ago, but dropped. Would have dog-legged to Tampa.
Eleanors38
Jun 2016
#79
If California wanted to build bullet trains between LA and SF and their respective suburbs
Sen. Walter Sobchak
Jun 2016
#16
The world's longest train tunnel is the Gotthard tunnel in Switzerland. It's 35 miles long.
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#22
Geological issues. Such as that teeny tiny San Andres fault thing, and the many oil fields
underahedgerow
Jun 2016
#39
Well, it's not really a 'could just' proposition. Mapping, land acquisition, geological flaws,
underahedgerow
Jun 2016
#54
What it ultimately will or might have done isn't the same as what it could do
Major Nikon
Jun 2016
#31
That's an interesting idea, but I think it's too sparse to be self-sustaining
Recursion
Jun 2016
#58
As usual, we dither while Rome burns. We should have built it years ago. People who are fighting
vanlassie
Jun 2016
#20
maybe we can't do big things anymore. Good thing the Hoover Dam is already built.
TeamPooka
Jun 2016
#26
Could you imagine having to write the environmental impact assessment on the Hoover Dam?
Recursion
Jun 2016
#29
It is horrid and long drive but this project isnt working out. Too many moving parts
Liberal_in_LA
Jun 2016
#33
Seems to be working out to me. It survived it's biggest challenge in the courtroom.
SunSeeker
Jun 2016
#34
I just checked the airfare on Southwest from LA to SF. $69 each way.
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#46
You brought up venues that weren't being served by a multitude of airports. Fargo certainly
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#115
Last-minute airfares always cost more. Purchase at least a few weeks in advance and the price drops
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#91
It's always worked for me, but I almost always fly for pleasure, not business.
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#96
The towns smell because the CAFOs and factories and such are the town's employers.
LeftyMom
Jun 2016
#114
What's your alternative? Just a for instance: I enjoy spending a week or two in Thailand each year.
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#75
In this world I've mangaged to visit almost two dozen different countries in the last 30 years.
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#105
The post I was replying to argued for the elimination of fossil fuels, which would certainly impact
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#98
I rode a high speed train when I took the Channel Tunnel from Dover to Paris some years ago.
Just reading posts
Jun 2016
#92