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LA to San Francisco bullet train delivered ON TIME and UNDER BUDGET

http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-bullet-train-c...
mischievous lay
  01/17/18
Won't be a problem. California will be getting so much illeg...
pontificating flushed electric furnace
  01/17/18
$9b could have bought a lot of water infrastructure.
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  01/17/18
The state should do an immediate excise tax on all boomer ho...
supple hominid lodge
  01/17/18
*execution
Mahogany cracking new version
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lol
Green exhilarant mad-dog skullcap
  01/17/18
It hasn't even doubled the original estimate yet, there's pl...
Self-absorbed Charismatic Base
  01/17/18
Who fucking cares? We should have bullet trains everywhere. ...
cream gaming laptop church
  01/17/18
yeah the anglosphere is known for its superior infrastructur...
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superior anglo culture
Swashbuckling rigpig corner
  12/22/25
Where are we on this
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useless theater
  01/04/26
usa has had bullet trains for decades now
Swashbuckling rigpig corner
  01/04/26
It’s lol that they were doing the Central Valley part...
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Date: January 17th, 2018 9:52 AM
Author: mischievous lay

http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-bullet-train-cost-overrun-20180116-story,amp.html

The estimated cost of building 119 miles of bullet train track in the Central Valley has jumped to $10.6 billion, an increase of $2.8 billion from the current budget and up from about $6 billion originally.

The new calculation takes into account a number of intractable problems encountered by the state rail agency. It raises profoundly difficult questions about how the state will complete what is considered the nation’s largest infrastructure project with the existing funding sources.

The new estimate was presented Tuesday by Roy Hill, who leads the main consulting firm on the project, WSP (formerly Parson Brinckerhoff). Hill said the cost increases were mainly driven by problems including higher costs for land acquisition, issues in relocating utility systems, the need for safety barriers where the bullet trains would operate near freight lines and demands by stakeholders for the mitigation of myriad issues.

“The worst-case scenario has happened,” Hill bluntly told the rail authority’s board at its regular monthly meeting.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3862449&forum_id=2Elisa#35174457)



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Date: January 17th, 2018 9:56 AM
Author: pontificating flushed electric furnace

Won't be a problem. California will be getting so much illegal immigration that its GDP is gonna explode. The train will be a drop in the bucket.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3862449&forum_id=2Elisa#35174486)



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Date: January 17th, 2018 9:57 AM
Author: bonkers indigo bbw

$9b could have bought a lot of water infrastructure.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3862449&forum_id=2Elisa#35174492)



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Date: January 17th, 2018 9:58 AM
Author: supple hominid lodge

The state should do an immediate excise tax on all boomer houses over $1M to make this deficit up

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3862449&forum_id=2Elisa#35174495)



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Date: January 17th, 2018 10:03 AM
Author: Mahogany cracking new version

*execution

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Date: January 17th, 2018 10:31 AM
Author: Green exhilarant mad-dog skullcap

lol



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Date: January 17th, 2018 10:33 AM
Author: Self-absorbed Charismatic Base

It hasn't even doubled the original estimate yet, there's plenty of room to grow.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3862449&forum_id=2Elisa#35174706)



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Date: January 17th, 2018 10:39 AM
Author: cream gaming laptop church

Who fucking cares? We should have bullet trains everywhere. Flying is TTT.

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Date: December 22nd, 2025 9:46 PM
Author: Swashbuckling rigpig corner

yeah the anglosphere is known for its superior infrastructure

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3862449&forum_id=2Elisa#49532728)



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Date: December 23rd, 2025 6:54 PM
Author: Swashbuckling rigpig corner



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Date: December 28th, 2025 7:05 PM
Author: Swashbuckling rigpig corner



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Date: December 29th, 2025 9:19 PM
Author: Swashbuckling rigpig corner



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Date: December 29th, 2025 9:55 PM
Author: Swashbuckling rigpig corner



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Date: January 4th, 2026 9:03 PM
Author: Swashbuckling rigpig corner



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Date: January 6th, 2026 6:50 PM
Author: Swashbuckling rigpig corner



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Date: December 22nd, 2025 9:45 PM
Author: Swashbuckling rigpig corner

superior anglo culture

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3862449&forum_id=2Elisa#49532724)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 10:11 PM
Author: hateful lascivious space

Where are we on this

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Date: January 4th, 2026 10:12 PM
Author: useless theater



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Date: January 4th, 2026 10:33 PM
Author: Swashbuckling rigpig corner

usa has had bullet trains for decades now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3862449&forum_id=2Elisa#49562958)



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Date: January 4th, 2026 10:36 PM
Author: crusty bat shit crazy abode

It’s lol that they were doing the Central Valley part of the project first too, which would just connect Fresno to Bakersfield iirc

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3862449&forum_id=2Elisa#49562971)