By Bob Walsh
The Las Vegas to SoCal HSR train
system just got permission to issue $2.5 billion in tax-exempt bonds to go
with the $3 billion grant from the feds and hopes to be up and running
for the L. A. Summer Olympics in 2028.
The
Brightline West project, which also operates the only privately owned
intercity passenger railroad in the U. S. (between Miami and Orland)
will run the 218 mile, 185 mph train down the I-15 right-of-way. They
believe they can run efficiently and profitably between San Berdoo and
Vegas in two hours, about half the current driving time
I wouldn't mind having a Burger King or similar franchise near that San Bernardino terminal. Could be some bucks in that.
I
am not holding my breath on this. CA can, and very possibly will, piss
in the corn flakes. Just because they theoretically love electric choo
choos they will not necessarily make it easy to actually build the
thing. That being said the people building it have a solid track
record. It seems like an idea worth pursuing. IN any event that could
not possibly do worse than CA has in their not-so-high-speed rail
between North Buttrack and South Buttcrack in Kern County at a cost of
$86 billion.
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Knowing the traffic problems between Ca and LV, this may be a valid solution.
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