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18 years after Californians voted for High Speed Rail, with the SF-to-not-quite-LA segment still >12 years off, state is now exploring High Speed Buses to connect SF and LA in 3h at 140mph (225km/h) (gizmodo.com)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_High-Speed_Rail

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maps of China comparing amount of HSR in 2008 vs 2024

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They're still building the train, it will happen eventually. The buses are a short-ish term solution, that can happen much more quickly.

It's much easier to build anything in China, because dictator.

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 day ago

So now that the US has a dictator to it should be built bigly faster than before right? Riiiight?

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

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