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After adjusting the analysis to be more comparable to the costs described in the Business Plan, the total costs of equivalent investment in airports and highways would be $123–138 billion (in 2011 dollars) to build 4,295–4,652 lane-miles of highways, 115 gates, and four runways for Phase 1 Blended and Phase 1 Full Build, respectively... In year-of-expenditure (YOE) dollars, the highway and airport costs would be $158–186 billion.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link){{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link){{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)on September 29, 1982, Jerry Brown signed the bill into law, saying "the bullet train is controversial because the technology is not a way of life in California or in the nation." On October 12, 1982, AB 3647 became law
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California lawmakers have approved and sent to the Governor a speedily written Bill which authorizes the construction of a $2.000m (£1.200m) "bullet train" between Los Angeles and San Diego
Musk admitted to his biographer Ashlee Vance that Hyperloop was all about trying to get legislators to cancel plans for high-speed rail in California—even though he had no plans to build it.
The California Legislature has approved $1.25 billion in tax-exempt bonds to finance the first 160-mph "bullet train" in the United States
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