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Bullet train from Rancho Cucamonga to Vegas? Who asked for THIS . . . ?

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Photo above - Artist's conception of the recently approved bullet train and terminal which will connect Rancho Cucamonga to Las Vegas. Are there any artist's conception drawings for affordable housing in that area, though?

Pete Buttigieg, US Secretary of Transportaion, is pleased to announce $2.5 Billion in funding for a bullet train connecting Rancho Cucamonga to Las Vegas. No fooling – you can't make this stuff up. See link at bottom.

Okay – before someone gets all worked up: Yes, I KNOW this is about creating union jobs. It says so right in the freaking press release. Just in case union members can't connect the dots and might not remember who to vote for in November. It's an election year! Sheesh . . . let's not belabor the obvious.

This will involve not only union construction jobs, but also unionized train engineers, conductors, brakemen, porters, and probably club car bartenders. No way am I against new jobs, union or not. Even if the white house is talking out of both sides of its mouth, bragging about the lowest unemployment in 20 years. I sure hope there will be enough union workers to go around, for this one.

So where exactly is Rancho Cucamonga, California? It's about 60km east of Los Angeles. In San Bernadino County – not even Los Angeles county. Cucamonga is California's 28th largest city – trailing “Elk Grove” but edging out Garden Grove. How far is it from Las Vegas? A little over 200 miles – about a 3-hour drive. So, if you drive instead to the new Rancho Cucamonga bullet train station (see AI image at top), buy a boarding pass, and take the 120-mph train to Vegas you could save an hour, maybe an hour and a half? Hot damn – sign me up. That's worth billions in government spending, certainly. Which way to the blackjack tables? Whoo-whee!

The last time California tried to build a bullet train, it didn't end well. In fact, it hasn't even started yet. Los Angeles to San Fransisco – which kind of makes sense. It was budgeted at $40 Billion in 2008. The cost has now ballooned to $100 billion. Not a single mile of track has been laid. THAT won't start happening until 2029, if at all. $5 billion spent. Zero track. 14 years behind schedule. There have been various excuses – inexperience, waste, fraud, mismanagement, environmental lawsuits. Hopefully none of that will happen with this Rancho Cucamonga to Vegas model train set, right?

But I'm pretty sure that if it costs $100 billion (and rising) for 500 miles of high-speed rail connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco ($200 million a mile), then the each of the 228 miles between Rancho Cucamonga and Vegas is going to cost the same – around $50 billion in total. So the press release - which only mentions $2.5 billion in bond approvals - is complete BS. And probably the entire project is. Rancho Cucamonga to Vegas bullet trains for gamblers aren't coming anytime soon. It's more likely that this absurdity will be cancelled after the November election, when the press release has done its job, buying votes.

I'm just sayin' . . .

$2.5 billion approved for high-speed rail line connecting Rancho Cucamonga with Las Vegas - ABC7 Los Angeles
 
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100 years later and a trillion dollars over budget the project will be permanently shelved as travel will be banned for the obsolete useless eater class to reduce the carbon footprint to 0
 
as seen on tv said:
Photo above - Artist's conception of the recently approved bullet train and terminal which will connect Rancho Cucamonga to Las Vegas. Are there any artist's conception drawings for affordable housing in that area, though?

Pete Buttigieg, US Secretary of Transportaion, is pleased to announce $2.5 Billion in funding for a bullet train connecting Rancho Cucamonga to Las Vegas. No fooling – you can't make this stuff up. See link at bottom.

Okay – before someone gets all worked up: Yes, I KNOW this is about creating union jobs. It says so right in the freaking press release. Just in case union members can't connect the dots and might not remember who to vote for in November. It's an election year! Sheesh . . . let's not belabor the obvious.

This will involve not only union construction jobs, but also unionized train engineers, conductors, brakemen, porters, and probably club car bartenders. No way am I against new jobs, union or not. Even if the white house is talking out of both sides of its mouth, bragging about the lowest unemployment in 20 years. I sure hope there will be enough union workers to go around, for this one.

So where exactly is Rancho Cucamonga, California? It's about 60km east of Los Angeles. In San Bernadino County – not even Los Angeles county. Cucamonga is California's 28th largest city – trailing “Elk Grove” but edging out Garden Grove. How far is it from Las Vegas? A little over 200 miles – about a 3-hour drive. So, if you drive instead to the new Rancho Cucamonga bullet train station (see AI image at top), buy a boarding pass, and take the 120-mph train to Vegas you could save an hour, maybe an hour and a half? Hot damn – sign me up. That's worth billions in government spending, certainly. Which way to the blackjack tables? Whoo-whee!

The last time California tried to build a bullet train, it didn't end well. In fact, it hasn't even started yet. Los Angeles to San Fransisco – which kind of makes sense. It was budgeted at $40 Billion in 2008. The cost has now ballooned to $100 billion. Not a single mile of track has been laid. THAT won't start happening until 2029, if at all. $5 billion spent. Zero track. 14 years behind schedule. There have been various excuses – inexperience, waste, fraud, mismanagement, environmental lawsuits. Hopefully none of that will happen with this Rancho Cucamonga to Vegas model train set, right?

But I'm pretty sure that if it costs $100 billion (and rising) for 500 miles of high-speed rail connecting Los Angeles and San Francisco ($200 million a mile), then the each of the 228 miles between Rancho Cucamonga and Vegas is going to cost the same – around $50 billion in total. So the press release - which only mentions $2.5 billion in bond approvals - is complete BS. And probably the entire project is. Rancho Cucamonga to Vegas bullet trains for gamblers aren't coming anytime soon. It's more likely that this absurdity will be cancelled after the November election, when the press release has done its job, buying votes.

I'm just sayin' . . .

$2.5 billion approved for high-speed rail line connecting Rancho Cucamonga with Las Vegas - ABC7 Los Angeles
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I am all for it and a whole network of fast trains running all over the country. We are the richest country on earth, we should have first rate infrastructure. The possibilities are unlimited if we put our technology to work. Air travel has not made any real advances for the last 60 years. A network of bullet trains could upgrade our country the same way the interstate highway system did in the 50’s and 60’s. It could be also a way to move water from flood zones to desert areas. Bring it on.
 
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China has Bullet Trains traveling almost 300 Mph...Japan just upgraded their system the last few years.Europe has trains connecting the entire continent.Fast and efficient.How dare the US try and do the same.
 
Jack4freedom said:
I am all for it and a whole network of fast trains running all over the country. We are the richest country on earth, we should have first rate infrastructure. The possibilities are unlimited if we put our technology to work. Air travel has not made any real advances for the last 60 years. A network of bullet trains could upgrade our country the same way the interstate highway system did in the 50’s and 60’s. It could be also a way to move water from flood zones to desert areas. Bring it on.
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It all sounds well and good until you look at the amount of money it would take to get from where to where. For now without some major changes in our finances we can't afford it.
 
Boltlady said:
It all sounds well and good until you look at the amount of money it would take to get from where to where. For now without some major changes in our finances we can't afford it.
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There were always a bunch of naysayers around when we built the US Highway system and State, county and National Parks during the Great Depression. We built the Tennessee Valley Authority in tough financial times too. The Hoover and Grand Coulee Dams then the Interstate Highways too. Investing in our infrastructure always ends up being a great investment for America. We are long over due for a time of great infrastructure construction and repairs right now. President Biden got this kicked off with his first infrastructure bill which is already starting to pay off economically. What we need is at least 4 more years of Biden’s infrastructure investment and beyond. Upgrading our infrastructure while creating good paying jobs will be great for America. I’m all for it..
 
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