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California gets the go-ahead to build America’s first light high speed rail

Oh damn you California, I thought for sure that the east coast would get high speed rail first, but you beat us to it. Though I guess it’s somehow appropriate that California would become the first state in the US to greenlight a plan for light high speed rail, considering how vital the Transcontinental Railroad was in making California.

The nation’s first dedicated high-speed rail line, in California, finally got the green light. California lawmakers voted 21-16 to begin building the multibillion-dollar project that will save us from other rail forms.

The bill will allow California to begin selling $4.5 billion of voter-approved bonds. Of those, $2.6 billion will build the initial 130-mile stretch of the rail in Central Valley. This segment will run from Madera to Bakersfield. The completed project will run from Los Angeles to San Francisco and should cost $68 billion. At the moment, the bill is on its way to Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown for his signature.

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  1. toomanykitties reblogged this from iheartchaos
  2. dionysaurus reblogged this from iheartchaos and added:
    California probably...they said “High Light Speed Rail” because think how awesome
  3. 21dayslater reblogged this from strumpetsandcrumpets
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  6. anna-maarie reblogged this from hellomynameismaddy and added:
    Omg I can’t even begin to describe how excited I am. Less need for cars!!!
  7. beansidhe reblogged this from iheartchaos and added:
    Aww yiss!
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  11. bloodycowards reblogged this from drunkswede and added:
    Too bad everyone involved with this project is corrupt beyond measure.
  12. hellomynameismaddy reblogged this from iheartchaos and added:
    Aw yeahh
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