Fast Train to Failure: California’s Mismanaged High-Speed Rail Project

Re:Fast Train to Failure: California’s Mismanaged High-Speed... by AnimalMuppet on Thursday December 06, 2018 @08:55PM (#18624466)

Getting to the city center, though, is often problematic. You either follow the existing railroad lines, which often have tight curves, or you build your own, which involves ripping out a long path through the already-existing city.

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Re:Fast Train to Failure: California’s Mismanaged High-Speed... by rangibaby on Thursday December 06, 2018 @10:41PM (#18624960)

if Japan can manage it America can

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Re:Fast Train to Failure: California’s Mismanaged High-Speed... by yellowapple on Thursday December 06, 2018 @11:00PM (#18625035)

The more relevant comparison would be California specifically instead of all of America.

Still, given that if California were an independent country it'd be right behind Japan in terms of GDP, if Japan can manage high-speed rail, we should be able to.

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Re:Fast Train to Failure: California’s Mismanaged High-Speed... by woolvalley on Friday December 07, 2018 @04:00AM (#18626095)

The issue is a large chunk of tax revenue goes to the federal govt, not the state of calfornia.

That and their mismanagement of property tax and pubic pensions.

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Re:Fast Train to Failure: California’s Mismanaged High-Speed... by scatters on Friday December 07, 2018 @04:03AM (#18626109)

Or you tunnel. Expensive, but effective.

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Re:Fast Train to Failure: California’s Mismanaged High-Speed... by Piskvorrr on Friday December 07, 2018 @07:09AM (#18626980)

Exponentially expensive. Do I hear "seismically active terrain"?

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