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Originally Posted by BrownTown
You say that like we're just shooting from the hip here instead of looking at years of MASSIVE cost overruns, quality reductions and delays.
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Be specific in your criticism. Like, totally and completely specific. Per the audit, overruns in the central valley were caused by building
too quickly in order to make the timeline prescribed by the federal grants. As I have already explained, the overruns were mostly covered by the $900 million windfall from Florida and Ohio.
What are the quality reductions? As I have already explained repeatedly, the blended service near SF does not reduce capacity because the hourly capacity of the terminal station is fixed. The overall speed of the system is hardly affected by the blended sections. Per the audit, an estimated $8 billion was saved by the blended service in NoCal and $1 billion in LA. Plus, Caltrains and Metrorail are getting huge upgrades.
Delays? Again, the audit criticized the board for moving ahead
too quickly in the Central Valley.