Comments on: to infinity! and beyond! http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2006/06/27/to-infinity-and-beyond/ Getting around the Bay Area with Denis Cuff and the Queen of the Road Tue, 17 May 2011 06:04:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Reedman http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2006/06/27/to-infinity-and-beyond/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Reedman Mon, 31 Jul 2006 15:54:24 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/transportation/2006/06/27/to-infinity-and-beyond/#comment-130 High speed rail is a good idea that has been ruined by California politics.

– The three largest cities in California are Los Angeles, San Diego, and
San Jose. Any proposed system needs to start with those priorities. Until
San Jose (a city bigger than Boston, bigger than Denver) is on the “main
line”, and not an afterthought, the concept will fail.

– The cost of high speed rail will be over $100 billion. And that entire investment will be sitting idle when the unions go on strike. And our officials will fold like a cheap suit to give them better wages and benefits than 99% of all Californians. That’s the way BART, AC Transit, and Muni operate.

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