well it's another place to store the homeless

they wanted the damn thing to have a cruising speed that NO other current highspeed rail can do

in the entire world

the typical "we can do better, we can do the impossible" california mindset

to surpass the bullet train?

sec i'll look it up

ach trainset will have a sustained continuous speed of 220 miles per hour (350 km/h);

each*

a high speed rail isn't a bad idea but it's got to actually go places people want to go and actually be built

it would take a lot of energy to reach those speeds

oh for sure, the concept isnt a bad idea and it connects major cities. la and san fran/san jose

but as usual its tied up in infinite red tape

these are the full specs:
each trainset will have a sustained continuous speed of 220 miles per hour (350 km/h);
a maximum testing speed of 242 miles per hour (389 km/h);
a lifespan of at least 30 years;
a length no longer than about 680 feet (210 m);
the ability to operate two trainsets as a single "consist" (a long train);
have control cabs at both ends of each trainset and the ability to go equally well in either direction;
pass-by noise levels (82 feet (25 m) from track) not to exceed 88 dB at 155 miles per hour (249 km/h) and 96 dB at 220 miles per hour (350 km/h)
have at least 450 seats and carry 8 bicycles;
have seating for first class and business class passengers as well as have space for wheelchairs;
have food service similar to airplane-style serving;
allow for use of cellphones, broadband wireless internet access, and onboard entertainment services;
have a train communications network to notify passengers of travel/train/station/time information;
and also have earthquake safety systems for safe stopping and exiting.

the noise limit one seems hard to do, considering they want it to pass through the cities

there was talk of a high speed rail here which would be great because Aus is huge and the major cities are a long away apart but it's not going to happen government owned rail and all

as usual the gov is just too damned inefficient

oof imagine how much eminent domain they'd have to do for it too

we've been preparing for this since 1996

tell me about it my hometown has waited 20 years for a new range bypass to be built

in 96, they created a WHOLE NEW government dept to plan for this

so we've been paying for them this whole time.

it wasnt until 2008 that they finally voted to do the rail

no government department wanted to pay for the thing because it's not a capital city

crazy

they did start building it though....a month after I left

can't help but feel it was personal 😄

and as of last month all construction that has not already been started, has been postponed.

haha they were all conspiring against you

once he leaves, we will hajve the utopia

they didn't start building new stuff in the city until I moved, the largest shopping centre got a massive expansion, they redid a lot of the main street

wouldn't surprise if they finally connect the city to the state passenger rail system too

damn lol, well at least they started doing something

im over here with 3ft deep potholes in roads, and looking at all the fucking tax they take, like wtf when are you gonna patch the roads?!

them bitches are deadly on a motorcycle haha

they could just use all the piles of shit they have on the streets as a temporary hole filler

damn near

but our city council has time to ban ALL plastic utensils/pieces from restaurants

like literally

oh wait no it was more than plastic

it was also the recyclalbe paper ones too

the shit they told us was good to have, we cant have that now either