Any discussion of why the U.S. doesn’t have high-speed rail should include at least *a mention* of the myriad ways that Republicans have blocked it: www.bloomberg.com/news/article... - ThreadSky

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transitcenter.bsky.social • 2 days ago

Any discussion of why the U.S. doesn’t have high-speed rail should include at least *a mention* of the myriad ways that Republicans have blocked it:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-11-04/how-republicans-killed-america-s-high-speed-rail-plan

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nextdoorsv.bsky.social•2 days ago

Like the time California's GOP congressmen got the first Trump administrator to block funding for electrifying Caltrain as a way to block California High Speed Rail.

https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-bullet-train-trump-20170206-story.html

octopusmask.bsky.social•2 days ago

Listen, Republicans suck, sure... but we can't even get it on the east coast where Dems hold a strong majority of leadership. This is way bigger than the R-D binary.

trophybikes.bsky.social•2 days ago

Because the GOP blocks trains and transit.

transitcenter.bsky.social•2 days ago

Why don’t we have high-speed rail? A real mystery 🔎

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/u-s-department-of-transportation-pulls-funding-for-texas-high-speed-rail-project/3816936/?amp=1

robppm319.bsky.social•1 day ago

no mystery. the american people elected trump.
You don't have hi-speed rail, because of the american electorate and election funding rules.

briannajegan.bsky.social•2 days ago

Facts @calelectricrail.org

@ezrakleinbot.bsky.social similarly CAHSR is not a failure of Democratic governance but an emblem of Republican obstruction and extortion.

carsbarsmars.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sure, but maybe exempting CAHSR from the stupidity of CEQA would’ve bring down some of the costs and taken a big bite out of the timeline.

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