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

@levlaz That was before the suburban homeowner tax revolt, before rich people owned all the land they had to build the tracks over.