Comments on: Brown still on loony, increasingly lonely bullet-train bandwagon https://calwatchdog.com/2014/01/10/brown-still-on-the-loony-increasingly-lonely-bullet-train-bandwagon/ Wed, 25 Mar 2015 05:26:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bob Morris https://calwatchdog.com/2014/01/10/brown-still-on-the-loony-increasingly-lonely-bullet-train-bandwagon/#comment-64327 Sun, 12 Jan 2014 15:53:02 +0000 http://calwatchdog.com/?p=57244#comment-64327 HSR can’t go fast in the Bay Area peninsula unless the new tracks go underground or aboveground, which would be prohibitively expensive.

The project would support big labor and big banks, both of who would profit mightily from it. That’s who Brown wants to keep happy.

]]> By: Rex the Wonder Dog! https://calwatchdog.com/2014/01/10/brown-still-on-the-loony-increasingly-lonely-bullet-train-bandwagon/#comment-64167 Sun, 12 Jan 2014 08:07:50 +0000 http://calwatchdog.com/?p=57244#comment-64167 In reply to LetitCollapse.

If Amtrac charges $80 one-way LA to SF how much do you think the bullet train would cost you? lol. $140? At least. So if Amtrac charges $80 one-way how much would the bullet train cost you?

The slow speed BB gun train makes NO financial sense whatsoever, it s complete “train wreck” from a business/financial/economic analysis.

That is why NO ONE in the real world will touch it with a 10,000 foot pole.

]]> By: Rex the Wonder Dog! https://calwatchdog.com/2014/01/10/brown-still-on-the-loony-increasingly-lonely-bullet-train-bandwagon/#comment-64166 Sun, 12 Jan 2014 08:04:46 +0000 http://calwatchdog.com/?p=57244#comment-64166 I was disappointed but unsurprised to hear that the governor is still 1,000 percent on the bullet-train bandwagon. ..But Jerry was back in spin mode Thursday. He told me the project’s finances were “on solid ground” — and that no “major hurdles” loomed.

Clown is delusional if he REALLY thinks ANYONE believes him when he says anything about the slow speed BB gun train is on “solid ground”, not just on the financing, but ANYTHING.

I think he knows it is over, but is putting up a FRONT for the unions, to make them think he is in their corner.

Public opinion is nearly 100% against the BB gun train if you leave out all who have a pecuniary interest, which are the union.

]]> By: Ulysses Uhaul https://calwatchdog.com/2014/01/10/brown-still-on-the-loony-increasingly-lonely-bullet-train-bandwagon/#comment-63753 Sat, 11 Jan 2014 05:46:45 +0000 http://calwatchdog.com/?p=57244#comment-63753 Tsk tsk…..name calling is so CWD.

]]> By: LetitCollapse https://calwatchdog.com/2014/01/10/brown-still-on-the-loony-increasingly-lonely-bullet-train-bandwagon/#comment-63652 Sat, 11 Jan 2014 00:02:00 +0000 http://calwatchdog.com/?p=57244#comment-63652 In a straight line it’s 347 miles from LA to San Francisco. But the bullet train would not travel in a straight line. It would travel in a roundabout way to stop at other cities to pick up more passengers.

But even if the train traveled in a straight line and averaged 150 MPH – not slowing down and not stopping to pick up more passengers – it would take about 2 hours 20 minutes. lol. So the entire trip to include stops and the longer route would take at least 4 hours. Minimum. lol.

Today it costs about $80 ONE-WAY by Amtrac to get from LA to SF and it takes about 11 hours. lol. Remember, I could buy an airline ticket today round trip from LAX to SFO for $108 and it would only take about 1 hour 15 minutes! lol.

If Amtrac charges $80 one-way LA to SF how much do you think the bullet train would cost you? lol. $140? At least.

So if Amtrac charges $80 one-way how much would the bullet train cost you? lol.

So if you were traveling to SF would you want to spend your valuable time on a train or at Fisherman’s Wharf sipping on a brewski paid for with money saved by flying and enjoying the view of the SF bay?

The answer is so simple it’s stupid.

The train wouldn’t benefit you. It’s benefits the oligarchs who heist your taxdollars to pay for it all!!! lol.

]]> By: LetitCollapse https://calwatchdog.com/2014/01/10/brown-still-on-the-loony-increasingly-lonely-bullet-train-bandwagon/#comment-63592 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 20:24:48 +0000 http://calwatchdog.com/?p=57244#comment-63592 It would get built because Brown and his cast of political goons have lots of favors to return to their rich sugar daddies.

I just checked on-line. I could get a round trip airline ticket from LAX to SFO for $108. lol. Seats available on many flights. lol. The flight would take 1 hour 15 minutes. lol.

If the train to disaster was ever built it would take at least 4 hours (probably longer) to get from LA to San Francisco and a round trip fare would be at least $225. lol.

Who in their right mind would take a train instead an airplane to get from LA to SF??? Maybe if you have lots of time and money to waste! lol.

]]> By: Ulysses Uhaul https://calwatchdog.com/2014/01/10/brown-still-on-the-loony-increasingly-lonely-bullet-train-bandwagon/#comment-63508 Fri, 10 Jan 2014 16:09:03 +0000 http://calwatchdog.com/?p=57244#comment-63508 It will be built. Major employment centers need more efficient alternative movement of goods. Diversity of transportation modes is essential. Rail is cheap and this train will move lots of Amazon and Staples LTL freight to urban centers quickly.

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