Yes but that testing doesn’t need to happen in California it could happen at the Pueblo test track.

I get that it wouldn’t have passed. I get that it is a more complicated section to build. I am not disputing that. And despite that I still think it would have been a better project for the first segment of an eventual statewide HSR network. But it’s just my opinion and I could be wrong

High speed trains are proven technology I don’t think the first line segment needed to be able to run absolute top speed to “test” trains. I accept that there were political restrictions that shaped the choices that were made. In an ideal world I think LA-SD should have been phase 1.

LA to SD is a stronger demand pair and the Surfliner probably needs a replacement anyways so I think it would have been smarter to start there. But at this point it’s too late and the state should just commit to finding the project itself imo

Occasionally there is lake

Denver, CO

I spent the last several months telling friends that I thought the work was for elevators. I’m relieved I wasn’t wrong 😂