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18 years after Californians voted for High Speed Rail, with the SF-to-not-quite-LA segment still >12 years off, state is now exploring High Speed Buses to connect SF and LA in 3h at 140mph (225km/h) (gizmodo.com)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_High-Speed_Rail

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maps of China comparing amount of HSR in 2008 vs 2024

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[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 days ago

In case that wasn't obvious or sarcasm, Elmo literally always lies about everything. Those magic tunnels were never going to happen, hyperloop is probably one of world's biggest scams as well, billions and billions wasted on shit that even highschoolers could tell you was dumb.

[-] baggins@beehaw.org 1 points 4 days ago

Yeah, forgot the /s

It was never going to work, I don’t get how they took it in either.

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