Comments on: Court hears objections to high-speed rail https://calwatchdog.com/2014/06/04/court-hears-objections-to-high-speed-rail/ Wed, 25 Mar 2015 05:24:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: fletch92131 https://calwatchdog.com/2014/06/04/court-hears-objections-to-high-speed-rail/#comment-85084 Tue, 10 Jun 2014 15:31:30 +0000 http://calwatchdog.com/?p=64340#comment-85084 There’s no good reason to approve this stupid high-speed train, as these things are not working at all even in Europe, where cities are farther apart. Unlike Europe, California is a state of large number of cities separated by miles of space. Small air-traffic is the ideal way to tie these cities together, not some crazy train that cost a fortune, both to build, and to fund the subsidies of tickets (Amtrak-like).

]]> By: Rex the Wonder Dog! https://calwatchdog.com/2014/06/04/court-hears-objections-to-high-speed-rail/#comment-84712 Thu, 05 Jun 2014 18:26:38 +0000 http://calwatchdog.com/?p=64340#comment-84712 It is unfathomable that any court hearing this case can skirt the fundamental issue of compliance with the specific stipulations contained in the voter-approved bond issue.
🙂 You have never been in a court. Judges will do whatever they want to do and routinely violate rules, procedure and law. Banana republic we are.

]]> By: David Wiltsee https://calwatchdog.com/2014/06/04/court-hears-objections-to-high-speed-rail/#comment-84648 Thu, 05 Jun 2014 05:39:33 +0000 http://calwatchdog.com/?p=64340#comment-84648 It is unfathomable that any court hearing this case can skirt the fundamental issue of compliance with the specific stipulations contained in the voter-approved bond issue. This case is begging for yet another appeal to a higher court. If federal money is involved, would not the U.S. Supreme Court be the court of last resort?

]]> By: Rex the Wonder Dog! https://calwatchdog.com/2014/06/04/court-hears-objections-to-high-speed-rail/#comment-84617 Thu, 05 Jun 2014 03:03:34 +0000 http://calwatchdog.com/?p=64340#comment-84617 The fact they allowed this case to proceed outside of the normal civil procedure process is a huge red flag.

]]> By: Robert S. Allen https://calwatchdog.com/2014/06/04/court-hears-objections-to-high-speed-rail/#comment-84585 Wed, 04 Jun 2014 23:39:33 +0000 http://calwatchdog.com/?p=64340#comment-84585 Remember Amtrak Bourbonnais 1999, like Caltrain on 79 mph track. Don’t squander more HSR money on Caltrain. Truncate HSR to the Bay Area for now at San Jose, with transfers there to Caltrain, Capitol Corridor, the planned SV BART line to Santa Clara, and VTA light rail. —–

Later upgrade the UP/Amtrak Mulford route to Oakland, with a transfer station at the BART crossing 6 minutes from San Francisco’s Embarcadero station (with trains every 4 minutes.) Further extension to Sacramento would be a piece of cake, with no costly trans-Bay tube.—–

HSR can be better, safer, more reliable, and less costly, done this way.

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