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California high-speed rail ready to lay some track [View all] Rollo Mar 2017 OP

29 miles? What's the airfare between LAX and SFO? mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2017 #1

What does the LA-SF airfare have to do with the initial segment? Rollo Mar 2017 #2

Everything. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2017 #9

Does the concept of a round trip ring a bell? Rollo Mar 2017 #27

Rail traffice through Modesto and Fresno would bring commerce there too lunatica Mar 2017 #74

Start with the total build-out of local rail transit networks Sen. Walter Sobchak Mar 2017 #13

Unfortunately objective science based modeling shows that there isn't enough inter regional travel grantcart Mar 2017 #16

Exactly. I find it extremely troublesome that so many can't admit this idea stinks. pablo_marmol Mar 2017 #20

unfortunately this is pulling a lot of union support grantcart Mar 2017 #21

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I find it distressing that so many self-described Dems don't get it... Rollo Mar 2017 #31

+1000 n/t jaysunb Mar 2017 #54

How about some references (links) to support that negative claim? Rollo Mar 2017 #32

Why? Facts have never had any relevance in this debate. grantcart Mar 2017 #37

Air travel receives huge public subsidies... Rollo Mar 2017 #49

What will do more to reduce air pollution? Sen. Walter Sobchak Mar 2017 #71

Northeast chauvanism Rollo Mar 2017 #72

I'm from Orange County and consider most of the northeast unfit for human habitation Sen. Walter Sobchak Mar 2017 #73

High speed rail... Rollo Mar 2017 #75

High speed rail... for my 7 mile commute Sen. Walter Sobchak Mar 2017 #76

Get a time machine... Rollo Mar 2017 #77

Yeah, I saw Who Framed Roger Rabbit too. Sen. Walter Sobchak Mar 2017 #78

Look North, my son Rollo Mar 2017 #79

Nonsense Rollo Mar 2017 #58

The premises that drove the ballot approved measure grantcart Mar 2017 #59

Why Doing Nothing is Not an Option... Rollo Mar 2017 #60

Watch this Rollo Mar 2017 #61

And this... Rollo Mar 2017 #62

Not to mention this... Rollo Mar 2017 #64

Don't forget... Rollo Mar 2017 #65

For the entire nation... Rollo Mar 2017 #66

But wait, there's more... Rollo Mar 2017 #67

Construction in progress... Rollo Mar 2017 #69

+1 n/t jaysunb Mar 2017 #53

Planes between LAX and SFO don't stop in Fresno and Bakersfield tinrobot Mar 2017 #14

Presactly Rollo Mar 2017 #33

Wrong grantcart Mar 2017 #39

Maximum "nonstop" travel times... tinrobot Mar 2017 #68

Not Correct grantcart Mar 2017 #38

And no doubt CAHSR will replace some SF-LA air traffic Rollo Mar 2017 #50

Looks to be about $141rt on Travelocity, so $70 ea way by airplane. EX500rider Mar 2017 #63

Ignoring other costs... Rollo Mar 2017 #70

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This is great news! Firebrand Gary Mar 2017 #4

+1 flamingdem Mar 2017 #7

+2 Rollo Mar 2017 #34

I never was wild Jamaal510 Mar 2017 #5

I for one, wish I lived in the Bay area. I'm in So Cal. Love it up there! C Moon Mar 2017 #6

As a long term Bay Area resident... Rollo Mar 2017 #17

It is soooooo overdue lambchopp59 Mar 2017 #8

Like Japan, California is geographically perfect for high speed rail... Rollo Mar 2017 #19

As someone who has lived in both Southern Ca and spent extended times in Tokyo area grantcart Mar 2017 #40

OK, so what was the combined population of Tokyo/Nagoya/Osaka in 1964, when the first bullet trains Rollo Mar 2017 #51

Your attempts at justification are growing more and more pathetic grantcart Mar 2017 #56

Your focus on being mean spirited is noted Rollo Mar 2017 #57

I don't recall if it was San Mateo or Santa Clara counties lambchopp59 Mar 2017 #45

+1 n/t jaysunb Mar 2017 #55

Yep, I totally agree with you. MindPilot Mar 2017 #24

The $64 billion railroad to nowhere. former9thward Mar 2017 #10

If you're looking to buy meth right at the source it might be useful to you Sen. Walter Sobchak Mar 2017 #12

Poppycock Rollo Mar 2017 #18

That was a 'provacative' statement, eh? nt RandiFan1290 Mar 2017 #22

If you think Fresno and Modesto are substitutes for SF and LA former9thward Mar 2017 #23

Oh for Gawd's sake Rollo Mar 2017 #29

Stupid. Sen. Walter Sobchak Mar 2017 #11

Truth in labeling... Rollo Mar 2017 #15

Good, but bad (Trump destroyed) ghostsinthemachine Mar 2017 #26

Cal Train only makes a spur hop between San Jose and SF. Rollo Mar 2017 #28

The San Jose to SF link is ghostsinthemachine Mar 2017 #30

Wrong wrong wrong Rollo Mar 2017 #35

Caltrain acts to keep electrification plan alive Rollo Mar 2017 #36

New, , to me, news. ghostsinthemachine Mar 2017 #41

Electrification of CalTrain isn't to the benefit of the oily-garchs ... mr_lebowski Mar 2017 #43

Yeah, I ride it frequently and know ghostsinthemachine Mar 2017 #42

Perhaps you can recall, if you're kinda old like me... lambchopp59 Mar 2017 #46

Yeah, they all wanted ghostsinthemachine Mar 2017 #47

Great. Long overdue. ucrdem Mar 2017 #44

Gandy dancers. yortsed snacilbuper Mar 2017 #48

Don't forget plan B... Rollo Mar 2017 #52

They should just dig a tunnel and be done with it. AngryAmish Mar 2017 #80