^^I’d rather keep my money to take care of my family than have Jerry and you liberals tell me that I need an $80,000,000,000 choo-choo train that will do nothing to improve my quality of life.You Lefties always like to spend other people’s hard-earned money.
The French have had one in operation for decades, as have the Japanese. I don’t know if Putin dropped it, but the Russians were looking at the Mag-Lev" high-speed train.Here, in the land of technology and innovation, we…….ooops, I forgot. We’re in the land of profits!
Public transportation is a blessing for big cities where traffic is miserable and parking is mostly non-existent. Everyone who thinks otherwise has never lived in a city that has subways or other forms of light rail. Buses are not the answer, as they crowd the streets even more, and stop traffic constantly. Trains, on the other hand, allow comfortable commuting. When you get there, you’re there: no circling blocks looking for a space or paying hundreds per month in a parking garage. Plus it reduces air pollution and demand for gasoline, which (in a true supply/demand system, which the oil industry is immune from) should reduce cost per gallon for those of us who choose to/have to drive.
High speed rail gets you there…..faster. High speed travel is even more valuable than low-speed travel. And no one said any of it is free, regardless of what your brain tells you to think. But imagine this: sometimes an investment now saves you money later. Time to stop thinking just about the next election cycle and to think long-term, as the former has brought our economy to a standstill.
I lived in Boston for four years. I took the “T” everywhere. The only reason to have a car in Boston is to be able to leave Boston. If you want to do anything in town, take the “T”. I saved a fortune. I also drove a taxi there while I lived there, and can tell you that driving in Boston is only worthwhile (almost) if someone is paying you for your aggravation.
YOU may not want to ride a train. Doesn’t make it a bad idea.
Unless this train is going to run from Los Angelas to San Francisco, with no stops in between, it is a waste of money (like most liberal ideas). If it makes stops in between, it will not have the distances to get up to speed. But, then again, the Liberal constitution says that the goal is to take money from those who earned it and waste it on any scheme that comes to mind.
So what you’re saying is that if this train connects to any of the commuter communities between LA and SF, thus potentially reducing freeway traffic and smog caused by autos on the freeway, it’s an utter waste of money.
As opposed to you who think you live in the "old west’ you’ve seen in all those John Wayne movies. You know the one that never existed and would have left you in the street dying if you had been in that non-existent world.
I did a radio program calling on using the Southern California “red car” rights-of-way to rebuild the mass transit system, rather then build more freeways for single occupant commuters in cars. Chrysler and Standard Oil of California (now Chevron) put up big bucks for an ad campaign to counter the positive acceptance of the idea by the public. That was in 1963, and the same pro-gasoline consumption and car sales folks are still behind the anti-mass transit campaigns of today.(As well as those fraudulent natural gas and fracking is great for everyone ads.)
I once took a train to London, took the hovercraft across the channel and the bullet train into Paris. I left after breakfast and made it before dinner. This was 1985. This idea is beyond “The time has come…”
ConserveGov almost 10 years ago
^^I’d rather keep my money to take care of my family than have Jerry and you liberals tell me that I need an $80,000,000,000 choo-choo train that will do nothing to improve my quality of life.You Lefties always like to spend other people’s hard-earned money.
moosemin almost 10 years ago
The French have had one in operation for decades, as have the Japanese. I don’t know if Putin dropped it, but the Russians were looking at the Mag-Lev" high-speed train.Here, in the land of technology and innovation, we…….ooops, I forgot. We’re in the land of profits!
I Play One On TV almost 10 years ago
Public transportation is a blessing for big cities where traffic is miserable and parking is mostly non-existent. Everyone who thinks otherwise has never lived in a city that has subways or other forms of light rail. Buses are not the answer, as they crowd the streets even more, and stop traffic constantly. Trains, on the other hand, allow comfortable commuting. When you get there, you’re there: no circling blocks looking for a space or paying hundreds per month in a parking garage. Plus it reduces air pollution and demand for gasoline, which (in a true supply/demand system, which the oil industry is immune from) should reduce cost per gallon for those of us who choose to/have to drive.
High speed rail gets you there…..faster. High speed travel is even more valuable than low-speed travel. And no one said any of it is free, regardless of what your brain tells you to think. But imagine this: sometimes an investment now saves you money later. Time to stop thinking just about the next election cycle and to think long-term, as the former has brought our economy to a standstill.
I lived in Boston for four years. I took the “T” everywhere. The only reason to have a car in Boston is to be able to leave Boston. If you want to do anything in town, take the “T”. I saved a fortune. I also drove a taxi there while I lived there, and can tell you that driving in Boston is only worthwhile (almost) if someone is paying you for your aggravation.
YOU may not want to ride a train. Doesn’t make it a bad idea.
Mneedle almost 10 years ago
Unless this train is going to run from Los Angelas to San Francisco, with no stops in between, it is a waste of money (like most liberal ideas). If it makes stops in between, it will not have the distances to get up to speed. But, then again, the Liberal constitution says that the goal is to take money from those who earned it and waste it on any scheme that comes to mind.
Jason Allen almost 10 years ago
So what you’re saying is that if this train connects to any of the commuter communities between LA and SF, thus potentially reducing freeway traffic and smog caused by autos on the freeway, it’s an utter waste of money.
lbalch798 almost 10 years ago
As opposed to you who think you live in the "old west’ you’ve seen in all those John Wayne movies. You know the one that never existed and would have left you in the street dying if you had been in that non-existent world.
Dtroutma almost 10 years ago
I did a radio program calling on using the Southern California “red car” rights-of-way to rebuild the mass transit system, rather then build more freeways for single occupant commuters in cars. Chrysler and Standard Oil of California (now Chevron) put up big bucks for an ad campaign to counter the positive acceptance of the idea by the public. That was in 1963, and the same pro-gasoline consumption and car sales folks are still behind the anti-mass transit campaigns of today.(As well as those fraudulent natural gas and fracking is great for everyone ads.)
billsarar almost 10 years ago
I once took a train to London, took the hovercraft across the channel and the bullet train into Paris. I left after breakfast and made it before dinner. This was 1985. This idea is beyond “The time has come…”
Mike Herman almost 10 years ago
Is there one U.S. light rail system not losing money every year?
Formsdl almost 10 years ago
No more bridges to nowhere they promised. Now it’s trains to nowhere.
Mike Herman almost 10 years ago
Mass transit is a blessing…unless you have to pay for it. Since libs rely on “the rich” to do that, it’s all free to them.