The California High Speed Railroad should not be built because of the rising money. The money needed for the project is continuously rising. The amount of money approved by the citizens was $9.95 billion. However, it rose to $13.5 billion. Then, it increased to $48.6 billion. The money kept rising from millions and billions! The “final” cost to build a high-speed rail line between San Francisco and Los Angeles by 2028 is predicted to be to a grand total of about $67.6 billion. It is claimed that they “lost and miscalculated the money needed for the project.”
Another reason the railroad should not be built is because there are a lot of broken promises. The most major broken promise is the speed of the train. When voters approved the idea in 2008 they were promised a train trip from Los Angeles to San Francisco in 2 hours and 40 minutes or less. HSRA board of directors say “The fastest “express” trip will take three hours and 40 minutes.” Even that time is highly unlikely because it depends on trains operating at a peak speed of 220 mph, faster than any train in the world. An average speed of the train was calculated to be 198 mph. So, there is not much point of a “high speed” railroad. …show more content…
The first long-term funding plan is the shrinking ridership numbers. Even though the costs have been going up, the HSRA is lowering the amount of people it claims to ride the train. As the Legislative Analyst reports, “Specifically, the HSRA estimates that the projected ridership would be about 30 percent lower than estimated in November 2011 business plan.” Another major long term funding plan is the cost of the train ride. When voters approved a $9.95 billion bond measure to help build the rail line, the cost of a one-way ticket was projected to be $55. Now it is expected to cost $105. That's 83 percent of a comparable plane
Another reason the railroad should not be built is because there are a lot of broken promises. The most major broken promise is the speed of the train. When voters approved the idea in 2008 they were promised a train trip from Los Angeles to San Francisco in 2 hours and 40 minutes or less. HSRA board of directors say “The fastest “express” trip will take three hours and 40 minutes.” Even that time is highly unlikely because it depends on trains operating at a peak speed of 220 mph, faster than any train in the world. An average speed of the train was calculated to be 198 mph. So, there is not much point of a “high speed” railroad. …show more content…
The first long-term funding plan is the shrinking ridership numbers. Even though the costs have been going up, the HSRA is lowering the amount of people it claims to ride the train. As the Legislative Analyst reports, “Specifically, the HSRA estimates that the projected ridership would be about 30 percent lower than estimated in November 2011 business plan.” Another major long term funding plan is the cost of the train ride. When voters approved a $9.95 billion bond measure to help build the rail line, the cost of a one-way ticket was projected to be $55. Now it is expected to cost $105. That's 83 percent of a comparable plane