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Santa Cruz faces $4 billion price for new (proposed)train line (www.sfgate.com)
submitted 3 weeks ago by zabadoh@ani.social to c/bayarea@lemmy.world
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[–] zabadoh@ani.social 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

We can't build shit in America...

[–] joekar1990@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Sheesh 4b for 22 miles. That's literally so much money for such a short distance.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago

Sounds like an awful lot of money for a rail line that wouldn’t serve all that many people:

The report forecasts 3,500 to 6,000 riders per weekday in 2045

The proposed half cent sales tax would cover less than half a percent of the project cost.