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Re:Only 31% of California voters want to keep paying for bul... by stcredzero on Friday May 25, 2018 @06:21PM (#17158537)
I suspect that tech could do a better job at building it.
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Re:Only 31% of California voters want to keep paying for bul... by toomuchtodo on Friday May 25, 2018 @06:23PM (#17158559)
I would argue that there's value in collaboration between innovators and an experienced group of civil engineering contractors operating under an accountable and transparent consortium arrangement.

Less Boston's "Big Dig" [1], more Hallandsås tunnel [2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Dig#Problems

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallands%C3%A5s_Tunnel

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Re:Only 31% of California voters want to keep paying for bul... by gingernaut on Friday May 25, 2018 @06:25PM (#17158581)
"Moving fast and breaking things" is not acceptable in infrastructure.
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Re:Only 31% of California voters want to keep paying for bul... by jerf on Friday May 25, 2018 @06:39PM (#17158697)
"Moving slow and never breaking ground" isn't really either.

(Not literally true. Nominally, ground has been broken on the project. But it's a symbolic act without much referent in the real world so far.)

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Re:Only 31% of California voters want to keep paying for bul... by gascan on Friday May 25, 2018 @06:27PM (#17158597)
I can't wait for a public beta on a bullet train.
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