Re:California bullet train cost surges by $2.8B
by kelnos on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @06:56PM
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Hell, let's just redirect that money toward better local (SF, SJ, LA, OC, SD) and regional transit (stuff like Modesto/Fresno/Monterey/Napa/Sonoma/Sacramento<->SJ/SF and Bakersfield/SB/SLO/SD<->LA/OC). Local traffic congestion and poor transit options are where we're hurting the most.
This doesn't improve the situation for travel between NorCal and SoCal, but I think this is already pretty well-served by air travel, as you point out.
This also doesn't help people who live in, say, Modesto or Fresno get to SoCal (they'd have to train up to SJ and fly down to LA or SD, or drive), but is fixing that really a high priority need when compared to the rest?
This doesn't improve the situation for travel between NorCal and SoCal, but I think this is already pretty well-served by air travel, as you point out.
This also doesn't help people who live in, say, Modesto or Fresno get to SoCal (they'd have to train up to SJ and fly down to LA or SD, or drive), but is fixing that really a high priority need when compared to the rest?