Dandy Don is apparently gone after being a critical part of this latest stupidity and managing to create a complete routing and terminal location political and planning mess in LA County. No great loss after years incredibly poor program management. But, as this story points out, the CAHSRA is still proposing some really stupid and costly alternatives, that are needlessly pissing away scarce transportation dollars, as well as needlessly pissing off people like these off.

There is a relatively simple 118 median variation that would make almost all of the current costly alternatives go away. But, those "planning" the CHSRA apparently doesn't like it because, in order to save tens of millions of taxpayer dollars and hassle in real estate acquisition and construction costs that alternative would require the "bull$#it train" to have to "slow down". This is because at the point where the alignment would turn from SF Road corridor, to the 118 right of way, it would have to "slow down" to a mere 90 mph. to make that turn, and under Saugus Mountain, without the need no condemn virtually any real estate needed in these affected communities.

Since speed alone, and not travel needs or cost effectiveness, is the only consideration, this continues to give to vast contractor "slop trough' "planning" the CHSRA an excuse to propose stupid and costly alternatives like these. But then, it is the CAHSRA, after all, and there has never been any evidence of accountability to anyone, not even the State legislature, and least of all to the taxpayers being fleeced..... So this is just the latest example of the waste and stupidity folks have grown used to at California's runaway money train.......