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[-] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 60 points 2 months ago

Announced as a purely private venture....but cost estimates dramatically ballooned. orly

[-] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 33 points 2 months ago

But I was told privatization was much more efficient and the government overspends on everything

[-] Carl@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago
[-] MidnightPocket@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

middle-men infested it no doubt

[-] viva_la_juche@hexbear.net 38 points 2 months ago

They’ve been talking about this shit since I was in high school nearly two decades ago. I always assumed it was never gonna happen

[-] ChaosMaterialist@hexbear.net 28 points 2 months ago

:mystery-emote: Texas :solidarity: California

Talking about, but never doing, High Speed Rails

[-] erik@hexbear.net 34 points 2 months ago

We saved you each 17 cents. Now say 'thank you.'

[-] Thordros@hexbear.net 24 points 2 months ago

Now say 'thank you.'

Very rude Texans. jaby-vance

[-] SovietBeerTruckOperator@hexbear.net 26 points 2 months ago

I'm surprised it was ever alive

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 22 points 2 months ago

I'd like to imagine the only trains in Texas are old timey cowboy steam engines

[-] neroiscariot@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

the metroplex has the DART, but it needs to be updated badly.

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

Bring back banditos!

[-] gay_king_prince_charles@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago

Was Texas high speed rail ever alive?

[-] ColonelKataffy@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago

sixty million dollars is about a sixteen-thousandth of the trillion dollar annual pentagon budget.

[-] MidnightPocket@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

In the state that probably needs this the utmost.

Amazing.

[-] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

From the thumbnail, I thought that said Sean "Puffy" Combs as secretary of transportation. My brain went "I thought he was in jail? I guess Trump pardoned him and added him to the cabinet."

[-] Coolkidbozzy@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

I can't believe we have to rely on Brightline building private high speed rail in places that are profitable (such as Texas). Deeply embarrassing and worse for the public in the long-term

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