Originally posted by Silent Master
Doesn't the green new deal call for thousands of high speed rails?
They wanna build high speed trains so flying isn't as necessary lol.
Their goals are noble, but the GND is a classic example of someone's heart being in the right place and their head being in the wrong place.
Originally posted by jaden_2.0
Shame. The US rail system is pretty terrible compared to other developed countries.
We definitely need, but the know-how and oversight is grossly lacking it seems.
eg Less than two years ago they finished the Sonoma-Marin train here, it took far longer and was far costlier than expected with a much shorter service area than initially promised. They're planning on expanding, but that's years away still.
The US politicians are so ****ing crooked is no longer funny.
S.Korea whom we’ve been helping for yrs have surpassed us in the train system. Said transportation system is one of the best I’ve ever seen. Then we have Germany, were you can take a train and travel almost to every big county in Europe.
I fail to see why the US can’t do the same thing.
Originally posted by Surtur
We need a system of tubes, like Mario uses. I demand tube related travel within a decade!
It's unfortunate it didn't pan out, as it was supposedly going to improve a lot of smaller or struggling cities between here and ol' San Fran.
So, ya know....R.I.P. Fresno. We hardly knew ye.
Fresno ranks No. 2 in the nation for cities with the highest rates of extreme poverty.
Bullet train carried promise of a more prosperous Fresno. Those hopes have been derailed
Edit time limit passrd.
Trump just yanked back a $1 billion grant from California for this failed project😂
The governor who canceled it himself doesn't want to give it back, what a thief.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/19/politics/california-high-speed-rail-cancel-grant/index.html
Originally posted by BrolyBlack
Trump just yanked back a $1 billion grant from California for this failed project😂The governor who canceled it himself doesn't want to give it back, what a thief.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/19/politics/california-high-speed-rail-cancel-grant/index.html
"The department added in a statement that it "is actively exploring every legal option to seek the return from California of $2.5 billion in Federal funds (Federal Railroad Administration) previously granted for this now-defunct project."
El oh el.
Originally posted by BrolyBlack
Trump just yanked back a $1 billion grant from California for this failed project😂The governor who canceled it himself doesn't want to give it back, what a thief.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/19/politics/california-high-speed-rail-cancel-grant/index.html
Wouldn't you want your state governor to fight to keep every penny they could get from central government?