Diplomjodler@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoCalifornia Is Exploring High-Speed Buses That Connect LA and San Francisco in Just Over 3 Hoursgizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1228arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: nottheonion@sh.itjust.works
arrow-up1225arrow-down1external-linkCalifornia Is Exploring High-Speed Buses That Connect LA and San Francisco in Just Over 3 Hoursgizmodo.comDiplomjodler@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square72fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: nottheonion@sh.itjust.works
minus-squareinfinitesunrise@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·12 hours agoThey should explore eminent domain and build real transit.
minus-squareMadison420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 hours agoWe already did that then tore it all out and let the railroads keep the property and money they schemed, scammed and straight up stole.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·11 hours agoBut what if there aren’t enough minority neighbourhoods to bulldoze?
minus-squareinfinitesunrise@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-211 hours agoThe farmland between LA and SF isn’t minority neighborhoods. But my comment was more an off the cuff dismissal of this ass-backward bus idea than an actual policy opinion. Here’s a real policy opinion: Stop making excuses and run the fuckin trains.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-210 hours agoThere you have your problem: That farmland belongs to rich white people.
minus-squareinfinitesunrise@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 hours agoAye, that’s a bit of a pickle. But I find pickles delicious.
minus-squareFinalsolo963@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 hours agoLand isn’t an issue for high speed rail in CA (anymore), so… high speed busses with dedicated lanes is extra silly.
They should explore eminent domain and build real transit.
We already did that then tore it all out and let the railroads keep the property and money they schemed, scammed and straight up stole.
But what if there aren’t enough minority neighbourhoods to bulldoze?
The farmland between LA and SF isn’t minority neighborhoods. But my comment was more an off the cuff dismissal of this ass-backward bus idea than an actual policy opinion. Here’s a real policy opinion: Stop making excuses and run the fuckin trains.
There you have your problem: That farmland belongs to rich white people.
Aye, that’s a bit of a pickle.
But I find pickles delicious.
Land isn’t an issue for high speed rail in CA (anymore), so… high speed busses with dedicated lanes is extra silly.