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cdiddy2 t1_j7uu3ae wrote

Reply to comment by lakeorjanzo in Want passenger rail in Manchester? Make your voice heard by PurpleSubtlePlan

Brightline in Florida completed rail there with all private funding. No reason it can't happen here. They got up and running in 4 years. Compared to Californias state funded rail its quite different.

The scale of the projects isn't the same but the outcomes sort of speak for themselves:

  • in florida you have the brightline rail. privately funded started construction 2014 and opened in 2018

  • in california you have the states CHSR plan, construction started 2015 after 6 years of reviews, and isn't slated to complete until 2029 at the earliest.

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Liberatedhusky t1_j7uvy4v wrote

That's great that Florida managed that. The government exists for the sole purpose of improving our lives as citizens and funding public goods like public transit and critical infrastructure. I think the option to fund state projects is always better than not having the option to fund state projects.

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