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California bullet train project needs another $100 billion to complete route from San Francisco to Los Angeles (www.kcra.com)

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To put this into perspective, China's high-speed rail project in Indonesia connecting Jakarta and Bandung (a distance of 143 km) at a speed of 350 km/h was completed in just four months at total cost of $7.3 billion.

This line has seen an impressive number of passengers, with approximately 2 million people utilizing the service.

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[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago (7 children)

The first time you do something, you also need to learn how to do it, set up production lines, make mistakes, learn from them, and build up expertise. The US is only starting to build high-speed rail, while China has the biggest high-speed rail network in the world. I would call it a step in the right track (hehe), although one that should have been taken years ago.

[–] Tak@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 months ago (4 children)

That and the land the US is trying to build through is extremely expensive like some of the most expensive land in the world.

[–] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why is it expensive?

[–] Tak@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Because a bunch of rich people think it's worth it I guess

[–] Shrike502@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So the issue seems to be private ownership of land, not the locale

[–] Tak@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

I guess? It's really both as it is more expensive compared to mostly all privately owned land.

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