California High-Speed Rail Thread

[Deus Naturae]

Despite the right-wing media's best efforts, the voters still support the Proposition they voted for. It's pretty ridiculous that some two bit county judge is holding up the statewide project.

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http://www.ppic.org/content/pubs/survey/S_314MBS.pdf

26% are opposed even if it's free to build?

There are some brain-dead NIMBYs and Republicans who would oppose it even if it cost negative money.

Believe it or not, some people don't like having their property seized by the government. What brain-dead idiots!

But I doubt we'll ever be able to test that claim, given that only two HSR lines in the entire world are revenue-positive.