Lev Lazinskiy 🏳️‍🌈

Every time I hear about California high speed rail it just frustrates me - how the fuck is it going to take another 7 years to *maybe* have trains running from Merced to Bakersfield?

They literally built the entire transcontinental railroad in 6 years during the 1800s

#transit

Dec 27, 2022 at 2:30amWeb
Show threadStephan Zielinski ❓Dec 27, 2022
@levlaz By shooting the people who lived on the right-of-way.
Show threadscott fDec 27, 2022
@szielins @levlaz Ouch, but true.
Show threadscott fDec 27, 2022
@levlaz That was before the suburban homeowner tax revolt, before rich people owned all the land they had to build the tracks over.