California’s high-speed rail project was fucked by the hiring of costly consultants who were big campaign donors
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2019 Apr 28, 10:32am 3,387 views 84 comments
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RWSGFY
2019 May 1, 12:05pm
RWSGFY
2019 May 1, 12:05pm
HeadSet says
Yes, it can, but some SV companies are currently discouraging the practice. Most of the biggest players either allow only 1 day WFH or don't allow it altoghether. Especially the ones which provide free food / dry cleaning / gim / yoga studios on-prem.
So what happened to all "telecommuting" projected years ago? Cannot most office work, call center, meetings, and other tasks be done at home by remoting in?
Yes, it can, but some SV companies are currently discouraging the practice. Most of the biggest players either allow only 1 day WFH or don't allow it altoghether. Especially the ones which provide free food / dry cleaning / gim / yoga studios on-prem.
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kt1652
2019 May 1, 12:21pm
kt1652
2019 May 1, 12:21pm
Debate tactics of the dishonest.
I never said I think high speed rail is the one-and-only mass transit solution.
I said: "You're confusing issues. corruption and inefficiency or incompetence is not inherent of a high-speed rail "
And there are countries that had implement hs rail successfully, just because Calif leaders are corrupt, incompetent does not mean a modern efficient rail line cannot be part of the solution where it will help.
Then I went on to say, by not doing anything in 20 years, things had gone from bad to worse.
True that I spelled badly posting from phone, but login Patnet on work pc would be worse than stupid.
After hours wasted, is half-baked flying electric drone still clinging to life?
I surrender, enough time wasted on "miracle-needed" solutions.
I never said I think high speed rail is the one-and-only mass transit solution.
I said: "You're confusing issues. corruption and inefficiency or incompetence is not inherent of a high-speed rail "
And there are countries that had implement hs rail successfully, just because Calif leaders are corrupt, incompetent does not mean a modern efficient rail line cannot be part of the solution where it will help.
Then I went on to say, by not doing anything in 20 years, things had gone from bad to worse.
True that I spelled badly posting from phone, but login Patnet on work pc would be worse than stupid.
After hours wasted, is half-baked flying electric drone still clinging to life?
I surrender, enough time wasted on "miracle-needed" solutions.
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WookieMan
2019 May 1, 12:29pm
WookieMan
2019 May 1, 12:29pm
kt1652 says
What? You turning into Yoda?
It's not a debate tactic either. We're just pointing out that after massive investment into high speed, there's little to show for it. Can blame politicians or government all you want. At the end of the day, if it was viable, it would have already happened by now in CA or anywhere meaningfully here in the states. There's a reason for that. It's not possible with the EXISTING infrastructure people can use at a much cheaper cost. Factor in the way cities and outlying suburbs were planned and high speed trains are dead on arrival. We're just looking towards the future and not trying to put the locomotive into a car garage or a rooftop landing pad.
After hours wasted, is half-baked flying electric drone still clinging to life?
I surrender, enough time wasted on "miracle-needed" solutions.
What? You turning into Yoda?
It's not a debate tactic either. We're just pointing out that after massive investment into high speed, there's little to show for it. Can blame politicians or government all you want. At the end of the day, if it was viable, it would have already happened by now in CA or anywhere meaningfully here in the states. There's a reason for that. It's not possible with the EXISTING infrastructure people can use at a much cheaper cost. Factor in the way cities and outlying suburbs were planned and high speed trains are dead on arrival. We're just looking towards the future and not trying to put the locomotive into a car garage or a rooftop landing pad.
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socal2
2019 May 1, 12:35pm
kt1652 says
But if we can't make it work in California, where else in the US is it going to work? It is time for some real soul-searching about the technological limitations without blaming it all on corruption.
Those other countries you talk about are basically boiled down to Europe whose cities were already built around existing rail lines built 100+ years ago and China which can use slave labor, have little environmental regulations and are building new train lines to build cities around them after the fact.
Trying to put high speed rail in already built out areas is a much more difficult task.
And there are countries that had implement hs rail successfully, just because Calif leaders are corrupt, incompetent does not mean a modern efficient rail line cannot be part of the solution where it will help.
But if we can't make it work in California, where else in the US is it going to work? It is time for some real soul-searching about the technological limitations without blaming it all on corruption.
Those other countries you talk about are basically boiled down to Europe whose cities were already built around existing rail lines built 100+ years ago and China which can use slave labor, have little environmental regulations and are building new train lines to build cities around them after the fact.
Trying to put high speed rail in already built out areas is a much more difficult task.
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Goran_K
2019 May 1, 12:43pm
Goran_K
2019 May 1, 12:43pm
Diane Feinstein and her husband should be in prison for corruption related to this project. How does a sitting California Senator get a nearly $1 billion cut of this project directed to a company her husband runs?
Ridiculous Democrat corruption.
Ridiculous Democrat corruption.
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Booger
2019 May 16, 7:23pm
Booger
2019 May 16, 7:23pm
The high speed rail project is an absolute disaster. Near zero oversight on spending, tremendously over budget and off schedule. The bad part is most democrats don’t understand what any of that means.
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It was pure old-school corruption, a specialty of Democrats.