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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/22/2024 1:36:32 PM EDT
[#1]
certainly Pelosis Husbands company will be involved and make BILLIONS from this boondoggle
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Posted: 4/22/2024 1:40:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By odiedodi: Yeah, but the public transit nerds that did comparisons between that and flying did so before the company revealed that ticket prices would probably be $400, then you still have to tack on local transport costs afterward, whether that be uber or a car rental. I don't know if Vegas has any plans to expand public transit to accommodate the Brightline station. Looks like the station is a bit from the strip. They should connect the monorail to it. 
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SC, USA
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Posted: 4/22/2024 1:46:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By OregonShooter: I would think they'd have to, the whole reason for a train is the whole get on, get off and you're wherever you need to be. Avoid the rush or hour long line for an Uber (plus additional fees for airport pickup), and $20/day parking at the airport. Looks like the station is a bit from the strip. They should connect the monorail to it. https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/TRN_Brightline_Vegas_Map.jpg Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By OregonShooter: Originally Posted By odiedodi: Yeah, but the public transit nerds that did comparisons between that and flying did so before the company revealed that ticket prices would probably be $400, then you still have to tack on local transport costs afterward, whether that be uber or a car rental. I don't know if Vegas has any plans to expand public transit to accommodate the Brightline station. I would think they'd have to, the whole reason for a train is the whole get on, get off and you're wherever you need to be. Avoid the rush or hour long line for an Uber (plus additional fees for airport pickup), and $20/day parking at the airport. Looks like the station is a bit from the strip. They should connect the monorail to it. https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/TRN_Brightline_Vegas_Map.jpg |
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Posted: 4/22/2024 1:55:40 PM EDT
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  Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on U.S. high-speed rail |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 4/22/2024 1:55:53 PM EDT
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Seems pretty popular here in Florida.
But man does it hit cars a lot! Speaks to the intelligence of the average Florida driver. |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 4/22/2024 1:56:20 PM EDT
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I'm seeing a 1970's disaster movie, maiden run of train loaded with celebrities, and queue the earthquake
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Posted: 4/22/2024 1:56:27 PM EDT
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Live
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USA
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Posted: 4/22/2024 2:02:47 PM EDT
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How soon after it is operational will some eco-terrorist group blow the tracks because they will claim the project displaced or inconvenienced some toad, snake, mouse or that the speed of the train is super heating the air it displaces causing climate change.
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Posted: 4/22/2024 2:08:14 PM EDT
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USA
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Posted: 4/22/2024 2:10:32 PM EDT
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You can often fly to Vegas with a little planning for like $100 odd bucks. $400 for a train? Lol.
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Posted: 4/22/2024 2:12:09 PM EDT
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 I Rode The NEW Brightline Train From Orlando To My Cruise | Premium & Smart Class Review |
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Posted: 4/22/2024 2:15:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By USCG_CPO: $12 billion?????? Damn, the Union Pacific line was built for $109 million back in the day, adjusted to current dollars, that would only be $2.5 billion. We can't exactly import Chinamen that are cheap and disposable anymore. |
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SGP
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Posted: 4/22/2024 2:16:50 PM EDT
[Last Edit: odiedodi]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By realwar: Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH1rYpsCI2g All the people behind him look like they hate Biden. 
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Posted: 4/22/2024 2:19:23 PM EDT
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How about extending the LV monorail from the strip to the Airport?
Until then, it's a joke. |
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Posted: 4/22/2024 2:21:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By M4DUDE: How about extending the LV monorail from the strip to the Airport? Until then, it's a joke. That's what they really need. |
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Posted: 4/22/2024 2:21:25 PM EDT
[Last Edit: spmx7777]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bobbitybobbity: Another bullshit boondoggle. No, it isn't, Brightline is a privately owned and operated company; it already runs a high-speed train in Florida. If they aren't profitable, it's their problem not the taxpayers. |
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Posted: 4/22/2024 2:35:08 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/22/2024 2:36:42 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Waldo]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By spmx7777: No, it isn't, Brightline is a privately owned and operated company; it already runs a high-speed train in Florida. If they aren't profitable, it's their problem not the taxpayers. There's a lot of government money involved. https://www.gobrightline.com/press-room/2023/president-biden-joins-officials-in-las-vegas-to-announce-3b-grant-for-brightline-west https://news.yahoo.com/feds-approve-2-5-billion-105626032.html |
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Posted: 4/22/2024 2:40:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By deanwormer: Seems pretty popular here in Florida. But man does it hit cars a lot! Speaks to the intelligence of the average Florida driver. This one going to run in the middle of the freeway with no crossings. 
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Posted: 4/22/2024 2:45:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bobbitybobbity: Another bullshit boondoggle. Brightline should change their livery to look like the cars from Death Race 2000. They have been racking up quite a score since the began running passenger service from Orlando to Miami on their "new" high speed rail system. There are 50 level crossings in my county alone. The train does not discriminate between vehicular or pedestrian traffic. |
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Posted: 4/22/2024 2:48:24 PM EDT
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It's going to be a desert version of Snowpiercer where you have to fight your way from the back of the train to the front, running a gauntlet of urine soaked bums.
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AZ, USA
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Posted: 4/22/2024 2:50:00 PM EDT
[Last Edit: SamBoga]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By M4DUDE: How about extending the LV monorail from the strip to the Airport? Until then, it's a joke. |
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Posted: 4/22/2024 2:55:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By NotIssued: We can't exactly import Chinamen that are cheap and disposable anymore. We already have approximately 11 million cheap laborers here 
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Posted: 4/22/2024 2:56:28 PM EDT
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The grift that keeps on giving.
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Posted: 4/22/2024 3:05:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Waldo: There's a lot of government money involved. https://www.gobrightline.com/press-room/2023/president-biden-joins-officials-in-las-vegas-to-announce-3b-grant-for-brightline-west https://news.yahoo.com/feds-approve-2-5-billion-105626032.html Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Waldo: Originally Posted By spmx7777: No, it isn't, Brightline is a privately owned and operated company; it already runs a high-speed train in Florida. If they aren't profitable, it's their problem not the taxpayers. There's a lot of government money involved. https://www.gobrightline.com/press-room/2023/president-biden-joins-officials-in-las-vegas-to-announce-3b-grant-for-brightline-west https://news.yahoo.com/feds-approve-2-5-billion-105626032.html Thanks for the links, that is a lot of government money. This will turn out just like running a bus line from the 'hood to the amusement park.
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Posted: 4/22/2024 3:45:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By NotIssued: We can't exactly import Chinamen that are cheap and disposable anymore. Or have the US government give you several trillions of dollars of property. |
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SGP
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Posted: 4/22/2024 3:49:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By spmx7777: Thanks for the links, that is a lot of government money. This will turn out just like running a bus line from the 'hood to the amusement park. |
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USA
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Posted: 4/22/2024 3:55:16 PM EDT
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If anyone should be building new rail lines in the US, it should be the Japanese. They know how to do trains really fucking well.
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Posted: 4/22/2024 3:55:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By realwar: That's what they really need. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By realwar: Originally Posted By M4DUDE: How about extending the LV monorail from the strip to the Airport? Until then, it's a joke. That's what they really need. |
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PA, USA
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Posted: 4/22/2024 4:51:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Drsalee: Click click click and I found round trip for $180. Why the fuck would I take a train?! https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/161250/6B66DE35-79A0-45D7-8793-E9511A23FF22-3195162.png |
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Posted: 4/22/2024 4:52:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By torstin: When planes start falling out of the sky, prices and people's preferences will change. |
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Posted: 4/22/2024 4:55:57 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/22/2024 5:03:50 PM EDT
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So let's bring all the gang bangers to Vegas for the day.
 They can do their dirty deed and be back in LA by dark to continue doing their dirty deed there. |
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Posted: 4/22/2024 5:06:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prijador: It will make government officials in Chicago and New Jersey blush.  
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Posted: 4/22/2024 5:08:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SmilingBandit: What a deal at only $8,294 per FOOT as an estimate. Just look at CAs train to nowhere. |
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WA, USA
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Posted: 4/22/2024 5:08:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SamBoga: The taxicab companies blocked that iirc. Then Uber came to town. and I just read the monorail is shutting down......... Considering the amount of trash that drives into Vegas from SoCal on the weekends, I can't imagine how bad that train is going to be. |
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Posted: 4/22/2024 5:14:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By xviperx420: If anyone should be building new rail lines in the US, it should be the Japanese. They know how to do trains really fucking well.  |
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Posted: 4/22/2024 6:00:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By odiedodi: Meh. They would have gotten government money regardless of who was in office. Trump wanted to pass the infrastructure bill too. Biden was just in the right place at the right time to take credit. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By odiedodi: Originally Posted By spmx7777: Thanks for the links, that is a lot of government money. This will turn out just like running a bus line from the 'hood to the amusement park. Fair point, still, FJB |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 4/22/2024 6:02:37 PM EDT
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Casinos will loses as train traveler rob gamblers depriving the casinos of income.
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Posted: 4/22/2024 6:14:41 PM EDT
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Wasn't there a similar project way back in time named BART? Bay Area Rapid Transit? Was that the same concept and how did it fare?
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Posted: 4/22/2024 6:18:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bobbitybobbity: Another bullshit boondoggle. Perhaps, but this atleast helps to make sense of the current boondoggle through the valley... ...although there are casinos throughout Cali for anyone that wants to piss away money. Of course, the vegas casino owners don't get money from the indian casinos once their debt is paid up |
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WI, USA
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Posted: 4/22/2024 6:19:43 PM EDT
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Better hurry and get it done before all the Kalifornia residents with their own money don’t live in Kalifornia anymore!
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Posted: 4/22/2024 6:23:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Blackbeard28: Brightline trains seem to hit a lot of people/cars in this state. Gotta thin the herd here somehow. Lots of dumbfucks. |
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IA, USA
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Posted: 4/22/2024 6:27:01 PM EDT
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I look forward to the discovery of new yet discovered rare and endangered plants/skrimps/or tortii as soon as the hit the CA border.
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Posted: 4/22/2024 6:29:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Slvrktman: Better hurry and get it done before all the Kalifornia residents with their own money don’t live in Kalifornia anymore! We got a lot of out of state resident moving in. 475,803 moved to California last year. California's No. 1 draw for new residents is Texas. The Lone Star State lost 42,279 residents to the Golden State last year. Then came Washington (31,866), New York (31,255), Florida (28,557), and Arizona (27,412). At the other end of the relocation spectrum, West Virginia lost only 42 residents to California, yes, 42. Then came North Dakota (291), South Dakota (572), New Hampshire (624) and Mississippi (880). In between these extremes of inbound migration, there were 312,025 fresh faces to the Golden State that came from 39 states and the District of Columbia. More |
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USA
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Posted: 4/22/2024 6:46:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By pavil58ar: Wasn't there a similar project way back in time named BART? Bay Area Rapid Transit? Was that the same concept and how did it fare? Huh? BART still exists, only in the Bay Area. It is not high speed or was it ever meant to connect to other states. |
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Posted: 4/22/2024 7:16:26 PM EDT
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$400 a head seems steep, but it'll keep the poors away. For most SoCal residents, it's about a 4-hour drive to Vegas. A flight from any of the major airports is about an hour, but you have to factor in the pre-boarding, TSA ball-groping and baggage claim, which equates to about four hours altogether. The train travel time plus any TSA-style shenanigans would also equal about 4+ hours. Factor in car rental / Uber and you've got more $$ and more time.
I used to enjoy going to Vegas, but it has become another Kommiefornia with bums everywhere, the whole strip smells like weed, and pretty much everywhere charges for parking now. No thanks, I can stay here and get the same experience without having to board a bullet-train boondoggle. |
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USA
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Posted: 4/22/2024 7:19:29 PM EDT
[Last Edit: dark_light]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By bobbitybobbity: Another bullshit boondoggle. There it is. Except maybe stripper trains? |
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Posted: 4/22/2024 8:58:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By dark_light: There it is. Except maybe stripper trains? Can you imagine the Red- Eye stripper train back from Vegas? It would smell like puke and regret. |
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