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Re:California bullet train cost surges by $2.8B by dragonwriter on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @07:56PM (#16173674)
> This doesn't make a lot of sense in LA; you're going to a need a car wherever you end up

If only someone had thought to include regional transit improvements alongside and coordinated with HSR.

Oh, wait, wait, they did.

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Re:California bullet train cost surges by $2.8B by toast0 on Wednesday January 17, 2018 @08:07PM (#16173740)
Sure, if the HSR project ends up doing just regional transit improvements, and don't end up actually building the HSR, that's probably a better use of money.

I expect HSR money is going to get Caltrain grade separation and electrification done, which seemed like it would take 30-50 years otherwise, even though it was planned to finish in 10 years for the last 20 years.

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Re:California bullet train cost surges by $2.8B by baud147258 on Thursday January 18, 2018 @05:36AM (#16176055)
From what happened in France, funding for high-speed rail usually means that maintenance get slashed for the rest of the network.
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