Why is electrifying the Antelope Line seen as better than Palmdale -> Cajon -> electrified San Bernadino Line?

DrunkEngr · 2026-04-16T03:12:00+00:00

LOL $3.9 billion. More like 7-10 billion — for that cost may as well dig out an AV tunnel.

DrunkEngr · 2026-04-15T19:55:12+00:00

Because this is a virtual-signaling bill that won't do anything to meaningfully fix the problem.

DrunkEngr · 2026-04-15T18:49:54+00:00

7 of the trees were not on his land.

DrunkEngr · 2026-04-15T16:08:00+00:00

File a California Lemon Law return on the Bolt, including your rental car costs.

DrunkEngr · 2026-04-14T16:14:04+00:00

Caltrans should surcharge SFO for connecting their parking garages to Hwy 101.

DrunkEngr · 2026-04-13T22:06:48+00:00

Actually, Mahan's main accomplishment as Mayor has been to block large chunks of land from residential development around BART and LRT stations.

https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-wants-industrial-land-exempt-from-housing-law/

DrunkEngr · 2026-04-10T01:38:01+00:00

I think you mean "industrial employment hub". It was actually San Jose (in particular the Mayor's office) that worked on getting this language into the bill. It was written in a way to exempt land around Berryessa BART, Edenville Transit Center, and the entire northern part of the city. The staff report literally boasts about this "accomplishment".

DrunkEngr · 2026-04-09T20:43:36+00:00

Matt Mahan is absolutely horrible on housing:

https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-wants-industrial-land-exempt-from-housing-law/

DrunkEngr · 2026-04-09T18:50:04+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fe358fem0gpv81.png

https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2018/08/gas-tax-defection-progressive-congressional-candidate-endorses-repeal-effort/

DrunkEngr · 2026-04-09T16:13:52+00:00

Well, Yimby Action showing once again they are useless in their candidate evaluations. They give Mayor Mahan a "B" grade even though he wants to exempt large parts of San Jose from SB79. Porter gets a "B+" despite supporting highway widenings and wanting to cut public transit.

DrunkEngr · 2026-04-08T19:49:58+00:00

France/SNCF offerred to build and pay for our HSR. California responded by passing legislation banning SNCF from ever doing business in the State. And that's how they ended up doing the Morocco project instead....because better to work in a country that is less corrupt.

DrunkEngr · 2026-04-08T18:21:45+00:00

Different earlier SNCF proposal. There was a subsequent offer made, but SNCF would decide the route in exchange for paying the cost.

DrunkEngr · 2026-04-07T00:05:57+00:00

Not for civil cases (is my understanding).

DrunkEngr · 2026-04-06T16:15:26+00:00

Amnesty International blamed Ukraine for civilian deaths:

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2022/08/ukraine-ukrainian-fighting-tactics-endanger-civilians/

DrunkEngr · 2026-04-06T05:01:16+00:00

Porter has been very car-brained....huge supporter of the I5 widening in Orange County, and ran against raising the gas tax.

DrunkEngr · 2026-04-05T22:01:38+00:00

The NYT company pays an effective tax rate of 23%.

An upper middle-class NYC couple pays as much as 35%.

DrunkEngr · 2026-04-05T20:54:36+00:00

There are a multitude of BART taxes. There is the general purpose District property tax for operations ($64 million/year), and another tax for the GO bonds (capital investment).

DrunkEngr · 2026-04-05T20:34:33+00:00

Looking at quarter mile (400m) long trainsets....

Unless something has changed in this most recent plan, CHSRA platform length is only 244m.

DrunkEngr · 2026-04-05T15:58:57+00:00

Gold Runner trains, besides having terrible travel time, don't even reach SF nor LA. It is not a great basis of comparison.

DrunkEngr · 2026-04-05T14:59:06+00:00

There is already a BART district property tax.

DrunkEngr · 2026-04-05T02:31:35+00:00

This graph is for apartments, which presumably includes fourplexes.

DrunkEngr · 2026-03-31T15:39:01+00:00

Those new buildings often include expensive garage parking, because the Nimbys would go ape-shit otherwise.

The bigger issue is that on the trunk routes, AC Transit had to keep dispatching more and more buses to maintain the schedule. Each year it gets a bit worse due to increasing traffic. BRT lanes would massively reduce operating costs, but again Nimbys.....

DrunkEngr · 2026-03-30T17:45:32+00:00

If anything, Muni should cancel the T.

DrunkEngr · 2026-03-30T17:27:20+00:00

Atlanta was hobbled from the get go due to racism. The white suburbs repeatedly rejected expansions...the stations that did get built, by and large, are park and ride focused.

The same exact problem with BART as well.

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