dagblog - Comments for "California bullet train project faces more cost increases, possible delays" http://dagblog.com/link/california-bullet-train-project-faces-more-cost-increases-possible-delays-35819 Comments for "California bullet train project faces more cost increases, possible delays" en I assume a long way from http://dagblog.com/comment/325116#comment-325116 <a id="comment-325116"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/325109#comment-325109">This project is 2x+ the cost</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>I assume a long way from Eisenhower's national highway system.</p> <p>Pathetic.</p> </div></div></div> Sun, 05 Mar 2023 08:36:26 +0000 PeraclesPlease comment 325116 at http://dagblog.com This project is 2x+ the cost http://dagblog.com/comment/325109#comment-325109 <a id="comment-325109"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/california-bullet-train-project-faces-more-cost-increases-possible-delays-35819">California bullet train project faces more cost increases, possible delays</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">This project is 2x+ the cost of CHIPS, and 10 yrs behind schedule… see original NYT piece - <a href="https://t.co/gAArxyyvs8">https://t.co/gAArxyyvs8</a></p> — Gary Wang (@Gary__Dubya) <a href="https://twitter.com/Gary__Dubya/status/1632163561060413440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 4, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p>article is from Oct. 9; excerpt</p> <blockquote> <p>[....] Now, as the nation embarks on a historic, $1 trillion infrastructure building spree, the tortured effort to build the country’s first high-speed rail system is a case study in how ambitious public works projects can become perilously encumbered by political compromise, unrealistic cost estimates, flawed engineering and a determination to persist on projects that have become, like the crippled financial institutions of 2008, too big to fail [....]</p> </blockquote> </div></div></div> Sun, 05 Mar 2023 06:59:25 +0000 artappraiser comment 325109 at http://dagblog.com