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2025-08-08 Home Front: Politix

Ernst Presses DOT to Reclaim $14 Billion from Overbudget Rail Projects After Audit

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Posted by Skidmark 2025-08-08 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [116 views ] Top

#1 It’s time for Newsom to pull the brake on California’s $128 billion ghost train

Posted by Skidmark 2025-08-08 01:07|| 2025-08-08 01:07|| Front Page Top

#2 ^Maybe even time for the rest of US "to pull the brake" on California?

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-08-08 04:47|| 2025-08-08 04:47|| Front Page Top

#3 In a sense this project has pretty much but the brakes on enthusiasm for High Speed Rail in the US.

If the Bakersfield to Merced line ever gets going the many shots of 10-20% filled passenger cars will pretty much end this.

Of course common sense and honest analysis could have ended it years ago.

Posted by Lord Garth 2025-08-08 15:29|| 2025-08-08 15:29|| Front Page Top

#4 I was enthusiastic about this project when it was first on the ballot. I voted for it. I still think trains are great. If you ever drive on Interstate 5 from Los Angeles to Sacrament, you'll have some idea what I mean. If you could ever see how well the trains work in Japan you might understand.

The problem in California is not that trains are a bad idea. The problem is that all the money for this project has been stolen by the criminals who run our state.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2025-08-08 16:26|| 2025-08-08 16:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Brightline is the only privately owned and operated intercity passenger railroad in the United States. Brightline's maximum operating speed is 125 mph (200 km/h). Trains cover the 235-mile (378 km) route in 3 hours and 25 minutes, with an average speed of 69 mph.Wiki

Enjoy comfortable, sustainable train service between Miami and Orlando — with stops in Aventura, Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, and West Palm Beach. Brightline

Posted by Bobby 2025-08-08 16:50|| 2025-08-08 16:50|| Front Page Top

#6 They just stole the money.
Remember when $25 billion for a border wall was totally out of the question? Far too expensive, we can't afford that.

Posted by Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 2025-08-08 18:42|| 2025-08-08 18:42|| Front Page Top

#7 CPC in China executed officials who stole money when they were building their HSR.Good guy CPC.
Those trains are great. Roomy, can walk around unlike an airliner, run on time and don't stink.

Posted by Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 2025-08-08 18:45|| 2025-08-08 18:45|| Front Page Top

#8 The problem is the Chinese national debt, so much of which is tied up in mortgages on entire cities built on spec that are empty, unlivable, crumbling, and unsaleable. And the below-replacement birthrate leading to falling population tracking a few decades behind Japan.

But the trains running on time is certainly something to be proud of, in that part of the world.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-08-08 23:27|| 2025-08-08 23:27|| Front Page Top

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