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re: Louisiana doesn’t make final cut for BR to NO passenger train.
Posted on 12/8/23 at 11:51 pm to Brosef Stalin
Posted on 12/8/23 at 11:51 pm to Brosef Stalin
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Can we just get new bridges in BR and Lake Charles instead? People will actually use those
No! Making sense and being practical doesn’t work with the framework of current government.
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Posted on 12/9/23 at 3:15 am to doubleb
Good. Would be a massive waste of money that would become a shite hole once the novelty of it wore off
Posted on 12/9/23 at 3:24 am to doubleb
Spending billions they don't have
Posted on 12/9/23 at 6:01 am to doubleb
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the state is going to spend another 500K to study the situation
I think some of this funding is a big money grab for consulting agencies to make bank on little worthless studies that are purposely written to show how “viable” a project is, but if built only have little to no ridership.
Posted on 12/9/23 at 6:05 am to Kafka
quote:. Massive public works in the US are too expensive and require too many inputs. They are largely a thing of the past.
like trains and would like to see passenger rail revived, but BR-NO and Cali supertrain are huge boondoggles
Posted on 12/9/23 at 6:05 am to doubleb
Oh Man - They could have called it the Chocolate Express
Posted on 12/9/23 at 6:06 am to doubleb
Curious to know how many transportation “studies” are currently taking place.
Posted on 12/9/23 at 6:12 am to TigerFred
While I would absolutely love a modern transportation infrastructure In this country I think we lost out on timing of high speed rail. May as well start getting infrastructure ready for automated vehicles, but we will probably get rail while everyone else uses automated
Posted on 12/9/23 at 6:26 am to doubleb
I actually don’t mind this. I never liked the thought of NOLA trash being able to hop on a train, come commit a bunch of felonies and then scooting back…
Posted on 12/9/23 at 6:38 am to doubleb
Neither city has a large enough population density that would allow them to have public transportation
This post was edited on 12/9/23 at 1:53 pm
Posted on 12/9/23 at 6:56 am to doubleb
I thought we needed for fix the bridges? Waste of money.
Posted on 12/9/23 at 7:17 am to LegendInMyMind
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How about fix the roads and bridges that are crumbling before even considering dumping billions upon billions into a damn hairbrained commuter rail?
Yup, those hwy 90 bridges that go into Mississippi need to be fixed asap just for their emergency value. Relying solely on I10 going east out of new Orleans is stupid.
Posted on 12/9/23 at 7:19 am to doubleb
Thank God. Of all the things the cities of Baton Rouge and New Orleans and the state need to focus on a passenger rail is waaaaay down the list.
Posted on 12/9/23 at 7:20 am to doubleb
Our country cannot have nice things because it all turns into a Chuck E Cheese viral video…
This post was edited on 12/9/23 at 7:23 am
Posted on 12/9/23 at 7:25 am to Brosef Stalin
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Can we just get new bridges in BR and Lake Charles instead? Taxpayers will actually use those
Posted on 12/9/23 at 7:27 am to The Torch
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Oh Man - They could have called it the Chocolate Express
Or like others said buy more buses and call it the Hershey highway.
Posted on 12/9/23 at 7:35 am to doubleb
Train to br to Nola would be a nice mix of GTA and red dead
Posted on 12/9/23 at 7:38 am to Tarps99
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I think some of this funding is a big money grab for consulting agencies to make bank
Most are.
At least 20% of the cost of all goods and services are due to regulation of some type.
Posted on 12/9/23 at 7:41 am to doubleb
Hopefully Landry kills this stupid arse shite. Louisiana would be far better served with a light rail line between downtown Nola & MSY.
Posted on 12/9/23 at 7:41 am to doubleb
A train between MSY and the French Quarter?
Or is that too obvious.
Or is that too obvious.
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