fuck yeah

[rosebudfi]

"a California corridor where voters have already approved a line that will allow travel from San Francisco to Los Angeles in two and a half hours"

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/us/politics/17train.html?_r=1

Comments

[arisrabkin]

Ya know, I'd like it to work -- I even voted for it -- but I'm willing to bet that we wind up with a high-speed rail from fresno to bakersfield, and medium-speed elsewhere or some similar abortion, rather than anything really useful.

California HSR is half a billion dollars over budget and they haven't even finished designing it, yet alone building it. Big engineering projects seldom come in on budget, and California isn't particularly good at managing them. Look at the new Bay Bridge for instance, which is going to cost several times more than projected. Or look at America's last HSR project, Acela, which managed to be both well over budget, and far below initial performance projections.

I'm just saying, don't get too emotionally invested in this, because it might not pan out.

[mintyfreshsocks]

Yeah, that was one of two good propositions on our ballot this past year.

I really hope high-speed rail goes through. It would be so, so incredibly amazing.

Let's be friends!

[hello_dahling]

It's Danger; I hope you don't mind me adding you!

Also, Woo HSR (hopefully..)!