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California SB-319 Paves Way For An Unlimited Speed Autobahn

posted by martyb on Tuesday February 19 2019, @11:41PM   
from the Wir-fahr'n-fahr'n-fahr'n-auf-der-Autobahn dept.

Brought to the floor by Senator John Moorlach of Orange County, SB-319 would direct the state's Department of Transportation to build two unlimited speed lanes on each side of Interstate 5 and State Route 99, the main north-south arteries linking cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Sacramento. The sections of the roadways in question run straight through the supremely flat Central Valley, making for ideal high-speed driving conditions.

Perhaps paradoxically, California's answer to the German autobahn would be paid for by the state's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. The text of SB-319 points out that the recent collapse of California's ambitious plan for a bullet train between Los Angeles and San Francisco, which was originally intended to trace the same route as the proposed unlimited speed lanes, has left residents without "access to high-speed, unabated transportation across the state."

http://www.thedrive.com/news/26554/california-might-add-lanes-with-no-speed-limits-to-major-highways

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• Modertaion "Huh?" Modertaion "Huh?" (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @09:31AM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @09:31AM (#803934)

  A neutral moderation (no +/-). Let's do this.

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• Re:Modertaion "Huh?" (Score: 2) by etherscythe on Tuesday March 05 2019, @02:21AM

  by etherscythe (937) on Tuesday March 05 2019, @02:21AM (#810099) Journal

  I thought that was "Disagree"?

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