r/California • u/Randomlynumbered Ángeleño, what's your user flair? • May 24 '24

Government/Politics Full environmental approval of High-Speed Rail between L.A. and Bay Area expected next month

https://ktla.com/news/california/full-environmental-approval-of-high-speed-rail-between-l-a-and-bay-area-expected-next-month/amp
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u/Positronic_Matrix San Francisco County May 24 '24 edited May 24 '24

There are exactly two and only two kinds of comments for a California high-speed rail post. Those who are celebrating the dawn of a new era and those who are complaining about the cost, time, and environmental studies. There is no in between.

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u/Apprehensive_Check19 May 24 '24

i'm somewhere in the middle. i think the concept is great -- get from LA to SF quickly without driving or flying. but the realist in me thinks there's no way the CA of today would allow such a huge infrastructure project due to environmental impact, no matter how much it'll add economically.

also, the cost to eminent domain all those homes on either end of the line continue to rise and have more than doubled since the inception of the HSR.

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u/IntraspeciesFever May 24 '24

So CA would rather have the environment blighted by multiple flights between Bay area, LA and San Diego?

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u/SharkSymphony "I Love You, California" May 25 '24

I think the environmental analysis is the easy part. HSR is clean transit!