BOB2 Wrote:
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> Carol your right, Xprss would not be MagLev. And,
> trolling is a fair statement. But, it is a firm
> that has actually done several very successful
> lines using public/private partnerships. And,
> they are not putting in a sou, either, if they
> can't make it work.
>
> The private sector can make that part of a "PPP"
> project work, cost wise and operationally, but it
> don't work just from Victorville, only from the LA
> basin. Most of these firms have little stomach
> for pouring baskets of money down the drain facing
> off for years against urban nimby's, and possibly
> exhorbitant urban construction costs. That is why
> this will work to bring them in as real private
> investment partner, if there is a competent public
> partner. I know that word "competent" could be
> considered a bit iffy, when I referred earlier to
> the CHSRA.

A little googling found a President Tom Stone with a doctorate in civil engineering who was somehow involved in the gold Line in LA. Can't find out any more about him or the vice-president Andrew Mack. I also discovered that right on cue, every city along the high speed route wants to be a stop so of course that is gonna alter the time frame for the trip and before we know it, we'll be back to milk run local from Victorville to Vegas. :-)
Sheesh. :-)
C.