steve_bank
Diabetic retinopathy and poor eyesight. Typos ...
California's attempt at high speed rail did not get very far.
These days we just don't have the experience managing and planning such a large scale project. China does and soes it well because they have a centralized authoritarian govt. Right of way is irrelevant.
No one can say how much it will actually cost. When budgeting for a complex proposal sometimes I would double the estimate and if still looked ok I might go with it.
The Portland Or light rail system worked out well. Here in Seattle light rail is expanding in stages. Pre pandemic ridership was high.
Today I walked down to Chinatown and took light rail to the UW medical center for an appointment. On the way bck I got off near a store and went shopping, and took a surface streetcar back near home. The light rail goes underground for about 8 miles then surface out to SeaTac airport. Very popular. People can park and take light rail to within walking distance of the baseball and football stadiums and also UW Huskie stadium. It was all well planned.
Back in the 70s I would take a train from Stamford to Danbury to visit sisters. The region used to be criss crossed by feeder lines down to the coast and main rail line.
These days we just don't have the experience managing and planning such a large scale project. China does and soes it well because they have a centralized authoritarian govt. Right of way is irrelevant.
No one can say how much it will actually cost. When budgeting for a complex proposal sometimes I would double the estimate and if still looked ok I might go with it.
The Portland Or light rail system worked out well. Here in Seattle light rail is expanding in stages. Pre pandemic ridership was high.
Today I walked down to Chinatown and took light rail to the UW medical center for an appointment. On the way bck I got off near a store and went shopping, and took a surface streetcar back near home. The light rail goes underground for about 8 miles then surface out to SeaTac airport. Very popular. People can park and take light rail to within walking distance of the baseball and football stadiums and also UW Huskie stadium. It was all well planned.
Back in the 70s I would take a train from Stamford to Danbury to visit sisters. The region used to be criss crossed by feeder lines down to the coast and main rail line.