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Originally Posted by aberdeen5698
...and if there is, why isn't some company chomping at the bit to build this? Why does the money have to come out of the public purse? In my mind that's the most convincing argument against the notion that this thing could be economically feasible.
Now I can imagine the government playing a role in securing the right of way. But if they can't convince a company to invest beyond that then it's a hole where I sure wouldn't want my tax dollars to be buried.
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HSR along the north west coast is dead before the ink is even dry on the napkin from the coffee shop where this idea probably originated. The population and user base does not even come close to making a business case for this very expensive idea. It works in Japan and other population dense countries because you need to the numbers to justify the costs. The car is still King and until people are demanding HSR in large numbers, keep dreaming.
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