California High-Speed Rail

Morrigoon · 05-31-2011, 06:42 PM

I guess this topic's in the news again these days. Curious what everyone thinks about it.

This last trip to my Dad's (from which I have just returned), I actually looked into rail options. The biggest problem is, there really isn't a way to take a train directly from LA to San Francisco. All the routes involve switching to buses, and sometimes if you're lucky, back to trains. It's no freaking wonder nobody takes a train in this state. How stupid is it that we don't have a direct route to SF?

What I really don't get is why they're building the first segment of the new high-speed train in the least useful spot (Fresno to Bakersfield).

Recent article about the high-speed rail project

05-31-2011, 06:42 PM	#1
Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	California High-Speed Rail I guess this topic's in the news again these days. Curious what everyone thinks about it. This last trip to my Dad's (from which I have just returned), I actually looked into rail options. The biggest problem is, there really isn't a way to take a train directly from LA to San Francisco. All the routes involve switching to buses, and sometimes if you're lucky, back to trains. It's no freaking wonder nobody takes a train in this state. How stupid is it that we don't have a direct route to SF? What I really don't get is why they're building the first segment of the new high-speed train in the least useful spot (Fresno to Bakersfield). Recent article about the high-speed rail project __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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