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[–] 9 points 4 months ago (3 children)

So reading the article it sounds like this is just a catchy headline. They're not seriously looking into building them:

“Despite significant engineering hurdles, it is conceptually feasible to operate buses safely at high speeds under controlled conditions,” the review reads. “However, real-world implementation requires incremental approaches, substantial investments in infrastructure, technology, and rigorous validation through field tests.”

“It might offer as a complementary option alongside existing solutions like rail, not to replace them,” Mehdi Moeinaddini, a senior transportation planner at Caltrans, told KCRA about the high-speed buses."

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    Could be intended as a stopgap until the rail is complete. But yeah that first quote reads to me as a "we know this is a dumbfuck idea, but someone is insisting on us checking and isn't taking the hint when we try telling them."

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