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I'll believe it when I see it is all I will say. Anyone can promise nationwide high speed rail for the US, and many have in the past, yet here we are. Genuine praise will be warranted when it's actually completed and carrying passengers.
Believe it or not, the money isn't the hard part. The endless environmental studies, NIMBYism, and debate make it nearly impossible to build projects of any size in the US anymore.
The only president that I can remember that has promised high speed rail was Obama... and he spent 2 billion dollars just in the planning portion. I would imagine Biden saying 66 billion would actually do something with the blueprints already made... it seems like a done deal i dont know why you would complain about that.
Where in my comment did I complain about it? I completely support projects like this but simply have my doubts that it will actually go as advertised. Genuinely confused because all I said is I intend to suspend my praise and celebration until it's actually delivered, like we should with all promises by any politician. Is that considered complaining now?
Sorry i didnt mean that you specifically are complaining about waiting to see. I meant people complaining about not seeing progress even though I dont remember seeing any talks about having this done in the past other than Obama.
CAHSR at least is already under construction and has made significant, material progress in the last few years. Brightline West I'm less confident in, but CAHSR is definitely happening.