Facebook’s Bridge to Nowhere(nytimes.com)

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/08/business/facebook-dumbarton-rail-bridge.html

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>>Almost immediately, Facebook’s ambitions collided with the reality that building transit systems in the United States is extraordinarily complex. Across the Bay Area’s nine counties, there are 27 transit agencies, each with its own agenda.

This article seems to touch on a major issue with railway expansion nationwide

xbeta4년 전

State-wide railway system is definitely something only Fed can help on, I don't think even as big as Meta/Google can do much with them.

bitsavers4년 전

Someone needs to write up the rancid mess Google has created around Shoreline Blvd. Buying up property, letting it sit for a decade and the re-doing of the 101 interchange offramp.

Stratoscope4년 전

This is about the abandoned Dumbarton Rail Bridge.

Without paywall:

https://archive.is/qnt6N

Easier to read on mobile:

https://dnyuz.com/2023/01/08/facebooks-bridge-to-nowhere/