In our lifetime? Probably not. Infrastructure projects in the US are so slow and

Apr 20, 2021
10:10:23am

IceCreamButt Truly Addicted User

Wasteful. It may break ground in 2021 but most of us will be dead by the time it fully opens.

This country is awful at infrastructure.

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Question for Vegas friends - is this really going to happen now? Seems like

BigD Coug

4/20/21 10:01am

So you take the train from Las Vegas to Victorville

Sea Chicken

4/20/21 10:04am

You're mostly sober by then so you can drive back to Pasadena.

boogers

4/20/21 10:21am

very, very slowly

Sea Chicken

4/20/21 10:22am

It's such a waste of money. It won't even go far enough into LA to make it worth while.

Adrielle

4/20/21 10:06am

Can you imagine what those rides back from Vegas would be like?

zonacougar

4/20/21 10:08am

With Raiders fan after a loss.

germ1

4/20/21 10:35am

They really just need to double the size of the freeway but that would be to

johnnybyu

4/20/21 10:09am

This is designed to get Californians to Las Vegas, not Las Vegans to California.

WeberCougars

4/20/21 10:09am

You left out the part where you get back to the parking lot in Victorville and

Gustav

4/20/21 10:12am

Haha. I'm sure it will be a secure lot.

WeberCougars

4/20/21 10:13am

LA to Vegas makes a ton of sense

Gustav

4/20/21 10:10am

No it does not. Not even you can fly there in under an hour.

Adrielle

4/20/21 10:33am

Have you seen the traffic jams of Californians returning from a weekend in Vegas

WeberCougars

4/20/21 2:51pm

In our lifetime? Probably not. Infrastructure projects in the US are so slow and

IceCreamButt

4/20/21 10:10am

I’d bet against it. Rail projects are usually just a hunt for government money.

stenso

4/20/21 10:13am

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Doogal McCougar

4/20/21 10:18am

Didn’t they try this from LA to San Fransisco? And it failed miserably.

Jstak17

4/20/21 10:19am

They spent more than the project estimate and still don’t have a complete rail.

stenso

4/20/21 10:21am

Maybe the Japanese can come show us how it’s done.

Jstak17

4/20/21 10:22am

It’s happening...Bakersfield to Merced is opening in a few years

Jay Kay

4/20/21 10:32am

Ah, Bakersfield to Merced... the American Riviera!

stenso

4/20/21 10:36am

RE: It’s happening...Bakersfield to Merced is opening in a few years

Jstak17

4/20/21 10:39am

It's been brought up every year since I've been alive (at least)

reagan21

4/20/21 10:27am

Yes because the feds are supporting it for the first time from what I hear. But it will take forever to build and be

vegasnative

4/20/21 10:48am

No, it's a giant boondoggle that will waste a ton of money

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