Somebody Check With Him in Fifty Years and See What He Has To Say
High-Speed Rail System From Las Vegas to Southern California Breaks Ground
CNBC Business News | 22 April 2024 | Ryan AnastasioThe Brightline West system will reach speeds of 200 miles per hour across a 218-mile route between Las Vegas and three California stops including Rancho Cucamonga, about 40 miles east of Los Angeles…The project received $3 billion in funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the rest will be privately funded…
Lots of folks want to go to Rancho Cucamonga.
We are building back better 1 railroad tie at a time just like they had to do in Blazing Saddles.
How much can I lay against this boondoggle?
Fun fact: the other High Speed Rail being very slowly and meticulously built from LA(ish) to San Jose(Snake Pliskin will be Mayor of San Francisco by then) was originally supposed to be built with a combination of state federal and private funds, but the “private investors” said Nah, so then the Feds had second thoughts, In spite of Choo-Choo Joey begging his boss to keep in on the grift- I mean project.
https://www.imao.us/2023/06/straight-line-of-the-day-other-add-ons-to-californias-bullet-train-promise/
“estimated costs have risen to $128 billion — or $200 million per mile. There is no money left, and even the secretary of the California State Transportation Agency now admits, “We can’t get this project done without federal support. It’s just not going to happen.“