Six months has passed since the previous post. What has transpired to the politics of California's HSR? In a word: nothing. The fighting continues; the supporters are delusional and the opponents are forced to accept the mandates of deception.
Yesterday one of the local radical political proponents posted a Facebook rant against California Congressman Jeff Denham for his act of fiscal responsibility in calling for the federal dollars to go to the Northeast corridor Amtrak instead of the blindly planned CA HSRA. The ludicrous language used on the Facebook page written by the project support supporter is sustained by his followers with avid glee. The post was filled with rage against the Congressman. Jeff Denham is chairman of the railroads subcommittee in the House of Representatives. As the June 7, 2013 article reports, posted at McCarthyDC.com; the greater need for federal money is in the Northeast Corridor.
The vitriol and contempt of people that support CA's proposed HSR is built upon ignorance. It is sad to read comments filled with incorrect information. The mass deception amounts to strengthening lies. CA's HSR is nothing more than a continuation of the corrupt political process for building a monument to the way things are.
As the title of this blog states, the author is interested in the future of transit. The 150 year old technology proposed by the CA HSRA is, to say the least: outdated. A look at society's current transportation needs has to consider social patterns. We, as a culture have grown more socially independent than where culture was 150 years ago when the train allowed urban growth. Today people are more independent and our transportation demands are no longer centered at central station locations. Los Angeles, for example, covers a very large geographic area but, the proposed train services this huge area with Union Station, which was built about 100 years ago. This leads to the question: has LA grown in 100 years?
As society grows, so do the transportation needs. Government was not the source of growth in the US. The growth and expansion came from private enterprise. What is different in our culture today that seems to require government be responsible to build transportation infrastructure. The infrastructure of roads are synonymous to automobile centric urban growth. With the automobile being wholly unsustainable, any culture whose foundation is based on an unsustainable source: that culture is doomed to decline. Sustainable urban growth requires sustainable transportation.
The people who blindly support the notion of California needing a transportation system to replace the unsustainable nature of the automobile must embrace practical solutions that afford sustainability. There are many viable technologically advanced transportation systems. One is ET3, here is an article from June 8, 20013 at Boomsy.com.
Many technologies are available to supply sustainable transportation alternatives to meet society's modern transportation requirements.
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