Did you get burned buying x-train stock?




Joe Blow Wrote:
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> Wait a minute! The owners of Brightline, Fortress
> Investments, believe I will pay money to park in
> Victorville and more money to hope on a train to
> Las Vegas, when I can drive that distance (80-100
> miles) rather easily? Oh come on!
>
> Anyone who lives in the metroplex (Burbank to OC /
> the west side to the mountains) knows the hard
> part of the trek to sin city is before Cajon Pass.
> After the pass, the driving to Vegas is easy
> barring a traffic jam from an accident.
>
> If the LA-SF brown mark is an indication,
> Brightline will be a financial black hole to the
> taxpayer money with little or nothing in return.
>
> How much taxpayer money will actually go to this
> project when Fortress can't find private backers?
> Look at the cost revisions of the Brown Mark.
>
> Why start at Victorville? Does Fortress, or anyone
> else, believe that this bullet train will be
> extended into the metroplex without opposition?
>
> Anyone who lives in the metroplex, which this
> project is aimed at, knows that driving or flying
> from one the local airports, like LAX or Burbank,
> is relatively inexpensive.
>
> What is the demographic (income, age, etc.) of the
> consumer that Fortress expects will use this
> train?
>
> How about this. Use conventional trains running on
> existing tracks from an easily accessible station,
> or multiple stations, inside the metroplex. Forget
> LA Union Station, too many bums, too little
> parking and hard to get to.
>
> Turn the trip, which will take longer than flying
> into a user friendly experience with tricked out
> passenger cars, entertainment and booze. Hell,
> even have a smoking car for the 420 crowd.