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Thursday, December 12, 2024
Built for the bullet train, or, why the state of California is broke.
You MORONS! This is all taxpayer money well spent. Just imagine the time people will save and the amount of earth destroying oil will be saved when people use this bridge? WAIT! We'll prove it by hiring people to drive this bridge back and forth 7*24!
Not the first time for CA. They built the access ramps/crossovers in San Jose for the 101/280-680 interchange about 1970. Might have been finished 20 years later. Immortalized on a big music group album cover around 1970.
That's not why CA is broke. That right there is federal money lining somebody's pockets a few times over. If I recall correctly, a lot of it lines the pockets of the Pelosi's.
The libtards in Colorado want to build a high-speed train between Pueblo (in the south) to Fort Collins (in the north). My comment to anyone who thinks that this is a great idea is that: (a) There is not good public transportation system in any of those cities (except Denver) so when you get to your destination you will either have to pony up for a virtually non-existent taxi or Uber. And (b) in reality so few people commute that the trains will be empty most of the time.
Bridges and overpasses are the money makers in road and rail construction, they usually the first things built. Also since they are the high price items once you have them built it is easier to go back for more funding to "finish the project, otherwise we will waste all we have spent". And to be clear I agree with all of you that that project was and is a very bad idea. Mike
That's because they were deliberately too stupid to put in a line from LA to Frisco, another from LA to Vegas, and extend the LA line eventually to the IE, and another to OC and San Diego, which would ground 300-500 airline trips immediately as superfluous, and pull 50,000 people a day out of their cars.
The coastal morons in this state elect thieves and morons, and then act all shocked when they act like thieving morons.
It’s all about the Benjamins. It’s made to rain for the politicians, realtors, steel, concrete, electricians, surveyors, consultants, architects, engineers and the various trade unions. These projects are ALWAYS 4x to 10x over the initial approved budget. Multi generations of taxpayers are fleeced per project.
I think it will see trains on it. The first run will be full of celebrities, who will never set foot on it again. After that, it will be mostly empty, except the ferals who will prey on the few legitimate passengers.
"Greed"??? IMHO what an overused and inappropriate descriptive word.
Actually, level-headed thinking is preventing the less-than-mental-giants from spending hundreds of billions of dollars on an unnecessary public works project.
The East Coast has the "Acella" that is very expensive to use and costs the taxpayers millions to keep in service. It is my understanding that the West Coast has already spent close to a trillion dollars, and they have completed less than 10% of the project.
Now in Florida a private high speed rail company, Brightlines, teamed up with the Florida East Coast to update and double-track from Miami to Cocoa, and then also built a dedicated single line from Cocoa to a whole repair facility on the south side of the Orlando International Airport. The new track includes tunnels under highways, bridges over other highways, all set up to handle two tracks.
In operation right now and the company has already added cars to their trains.
Fair enough, but also done in a state where a speed bump is considered a mountain top, not one with multiple mountain ranges to transit that vary between 5k and 15k of altitude.
Darn few speed bumps in the Calif central valleys which is where the photo is from (as I understand it..) I think the Calif highspeed looked great on paper and a lot of money changed hands.
People in those homes: "Thanks a lot government morons, stealing our view with this boat anchor monstrosity."
ReplyDeleteBillion dollar boat anchor..
DeleteJust one of thousands of reasons they are broke. It's a built-in problem that will always fail, when the system is implemented with stolen money.
ReplyDeleteAnd conmen criminals posing as politicians.
DeleteYou MORONS!
ReplyDeleteThis is all taxpayer money well spent.
Just imagine the time people will save and the amount of earth destroying oil will be saved when people use this bridge?
WAIT!
We'll prove it by hiring people to drive this bridge back and forth 7*24!
looks like a beautiful bridge. solid, reinforced concrete. should last thousands of years like the romans built.
ReplyDeleteAin't that cute, a bridge to nowhere. . .
ReplyDeleteDemocrats buying votes from the building trades.
ReplyDeleteOffset by the votes of owners whose land got stolen and resold.
Delete(See photo above.)
Not the first time for CA. They built the access ramps/crossovers in San Jose for the 101/280-680 interchange about 1970. Might have been finished 20 years later. Immortalized on a big music group album cover around 1970.
ReplyDeleteThat's not why CA is broke. That right there is federal money lining somebody's pockets a few times over. If I recall correctly, a lot of it lines the pockets of the Pelosi's.
ReplyDeleteThe libtards in Colorado want to build a high-speed train between Pueblo (in the south) to Fort Collins (in the north). My comment to anyone who thinks that this is a great idea is that: (a) There is not good public transportation system in any of those cities (except Denver) so when you get to your destination you will either have to pony up for a virtually non-existent taxi or Uber. And (b) in reality so few people commute that the trains will be empty most of the time.
ReplyDeleteI smell Elon in this cluster.
ReplyDeleteYou are WRONG, camel breath!
DeleteTry Pelosi.
Elon would have had the thing running by now, at a profit.
Or better yet, Elon would have known that it was a total waste of money and never started it to begin with.
DeleteWhen in Calif. I drove past this, what a waste period.
ReplyDeleteThey didn't route it according to need, they did so to get votes.
Delete1 mile down, 199 to go
ReplyDeleteBridges and overpasses are the money makers in road and rail construction, they usually the first things built. Also since they are the high price items once you have them built it is easier to go back for more funding to "finish the project, otherwise we will waste all we have spent". And to be clear I agree with all of you that that project was and is a very bad idea. Mike
ReplyDeleteThat's because they were deliberately too stupid to put in a line from LA to Frisco, another from LA to Vegas, and extend the LA line eventually to the IE, and another to OC and San Diego, which would ground 300-500 airline trips immediately as superfluous, and pull 50,000 people a day out of their cars.
ReplyDeleteThe coastal morons in this state elect thieves and morons, and then act all shocked when they act like thieving morons.
It’s all about the Benjamins. It’s made to rain for the politicians, realtors, steel, concrete, electricians, surveyors, consultants, architects, engineers and the various trade unions. These projects are ALWAYS 4x to 10x over the initial approved budget. Multi generations of taxpayers are fleeced per project.
ReplyDeletewill never see a train on it
ReplyDeleteI think it will see trains on it. The first run will be full of celebrities, who will never set foot on it again.
DeleteAfter that, it will be mostly empty, except the ferals who will prey on the few legitimate passengers.
The idea of a high speed train in these high population areas is a good one and could be done. Greed is preventing it from happening.
ReplyDelete"Greed"??? IMHO what an overused and inappropriate descriptive word.
DeleteActually, level-headed thinking is preventing the less-than-mental-giants from spending hundreds of billions of dollars on an unnecessary public works project.
The East Coast has the "Acella" that is very expensive to use and costs the taxpayers millions to keep in service. It is my understanding that the West Coast has already spent close to a trillion dollars, and they have completed less than 10% of the project.
Put some walls up, run some plumbing and use it for high rise homeless encampments.
ReplyDeleteHah, California.
ReplyDeleteNow in Florida a private high speed rail company, Brightlines, teamed up with the Florida East Coast to update and double-track from Miami to Cocoa, and then also built a dedicated single line from Cocoa to a whole repair facility on the south side of the Orlando International Airport. The new track includes tunnels under highways, bridges over other highways, all set up to handle two tracks.
In operation right now and the company has already added cars to their trains.
And done with private money. Done on budget. Done on or ahead of schedule (they were working on multiple sections all at once.)
DeleteBrightlines is planning to expand to the Tampa Bay area, and then possibly to Cape Canaveral (to the port there for the cruise industry.)
Fair enough, but also done in a state where a speed bump is considered a mountain top, not one with multiple mountain ranges to transit that vary between 5k and 15k of altitude.
DeleteDarn few speed bumps in the Calif central valleys which is where the photo is from (as I understand it..)
DeleteI think the Calif highspeed looked great on paper and a lot of money changed hands.