Taiwan managed to build high-speed rail. Why can't California?

Re:Taiwan managed to build high-speed rail. Why can't Califo... by toastal on Sunday October 20, 2019 @02:14PM (#21305918)

Could that not be a chicken and egg issue? There's no reason to build bus lines to a nonexistent train station. And without the attractive high-speed train option, who's going to take these buses in meantime? Sounds like the train could be a catalyst.

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Re:Taiwan managed to build high-speed rail. Why can't Califo... by smsm42 on Sunday October 20, 2019 @03:21PM (#21306406)

San Jose has plenty of good meeting points for urban transit. It's likely the same points HSR would be using anyway. What it doesn't have is the proper urban transit - the one that exists takes hours instead of minutes to get anywhere and virtually nobody who can afford not using it uses it. Having HSR wouldn't solve any of it.

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Re:Taiwan managed to build high-speed rail. Why can't Califo... by jedberg on Sunday October 20, 2019 @02:16PM (#21305929)

LA and the Bay Area have many other needs that can be met with good transit. It may not go exactly to the hypothetical train station, but if it already exists its a lot easier to extend to said station.

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Re:Taiwan managed to build high-speed rail. Why can't Califo... by vinay427 on Sunday October 20, 2019 @02:39PM (#21306109)

I think it is, but unfortunately this still holds the train back compared to in a place like Taiwan.

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