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To: Bearcatbob who wrote (472979)	2/20/2012 3:50:44 PM
From: KLP	Respond to of 794018

Oh yeah.....Trains are a real money saver aren't they? Again, NOT! The cost is in the BILLIONS....and the ridership is what..............? So again, the taxpayers pay for somthing that is the real train to nowhere..... It works in the DC, NY and Boston area because of the density of population.....Too expensive for the west at the BILLIONS cost.....

To: Bearcatbob who wrote (472979)	2/20/2012 8:23:13 PM
From: MrLucky	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 794018

<<They will build train tracks>> I know a little about how environmentalists groups work in CA. and unless this so called high speed rail is placed on existing trackage, it will never happen. The environmentalists will tie it up in courts forever. It will be good for the legal business, consultants on both sides of the issue and for developers who have an inside connection to the state or the fed as a source of funding. In the end, the CA taxpayer will pay for a service that is very unlikely to see the light of day. By way of example, the City of L.A. began discussing high speed rail or a tube between downtown L. A. and LAX in 1961. Guess what? It never happened. Environmentalists, local communities, noise and cost. The City of San Francisco has been trying to build another runway for years. " No way" sez the Sierra Club etc. The same airport failed efforts have occurred in L.A. and in San Diego. The politicians don't have the spine for it. The cities lack the skill to win the public argument.