Where I'll Be

[kevin_standlee]

Tuesday evening at 7PM in Mountain View there will be a public hearing on High Speed Rail. I hope to survive through to the public comment period, although the fact that I have an early-morning meeting on Wednesday isn't going to make things much fun.

Ironically, due to transit schedules, in order to be able to attend the hearing about rail transportation, I'm going to have to drive to work tomorrow instead of take the train.

Comments

[kalimac.livejournal.com]

If I were to be there, it would be just to carry a big sign reading my position on all public transit issues, which I adapted from an old movie:

IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Alas, I shall be leaving messages on cell phones at that hour.

Yeah, that occupies much of my time on my evening shifts.

[querldox.livejournal.com]

I have to be against it at this point. The current cost estimate is about $100 billion. SF to LA is about 400 miles. So $250 million a mile. $25 million for a tenth of a mile. That's just insane.

Assume each trip manages to make $100 profit (doubtful, given what one can get with respect to air fares and driving costs). It'd take 1 billion trips to break even. California has about 30 million people, so each person would have to take 333 trips. Um, yeah.