Doug
👤 PersonAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
By comparison, Florida Brightline has built high speed rail. It is functioning right now because Florida allowed them to build stuff.
By comparison, Florida Brightline has built high speed rail. It is functioning right now because Florida allowed them to build stuff.
But when you look through the amount of environmental reviews, lawsuits, processes, every single part of every single piece of land, everybody who could possibly be affected by this got to have their say and put up legal challenges, put up all these different things to stop this.
But when you look through the amount of environmental reviews, lawsuits, processes, every single part of every single piece of land, everybody who could possibly be affected by this got to have their say and put up legal challenges, put up all these different things to stop this.
But when you look through the amount of environmental reviews, lawsuits, processes, every single part of every single piece of land, everybody who could possibly be affected by this got to have their say and put up legal challenges, put up all these different things to stop this.
So it is taken... One of the former CEO of the high-speed rail said that he's flabbergasted that for some of these things have over a decade, they've been going through the process to get a small chunk of the land approved for building. This is... I want to say insanity, but like, I think for our generation, it doesn't sound that crazy because we're not used to anything being built.
So it is taken... One of the former CEO of the high-speed rail said that he's flabbergasted that for some of these things have over a decade, they've been going through the process to get a small chunk of the land approved for building. This is... I want to say insanity, but like, I think for our generation, it doesn't sound that crazy because we're not used to anything being built.
So it is taken... One of the former CEO of the high-speed rail said that he's flabbergasted that for some of these things have over a decade, they've been going through the process to get a small chunk of the land approved for building. This is... I want to say insanity, but like, I think for our generation, it doesn't sound that crazy because we're not used to anything being built.
I just want to restate that for somebody who... The estimation, based on American building standards, when a major bridge broke down due to a car collision and a fire, was that it would take multiple years to get it rebuilt. This is a critical part of infrastructure in that area. And Josh Shapiro, the governor, said, we're going to invoke emergency powers...
I just want to restate that for somebody who... The estimation, based on American building standards, when a major bridge broke down due to a car collision and a fire, was that it would take multiple years to get it rebuilt. This is a critical part of infrastructure in that area. And Josh Shapiro, the governor, said, we're going to invoke emergency powers...
I just want to restate that for somebody who... The estimation, based on American building standards, when a major bridge broke down due to a car collision and a fire, was that it would take multiple years to get it rebuilt. This is a critical part of infrastructure in that area. And Josh Shapiro, the governor, said, we're going to invoke emergency powers...
to not allow the massive amounts of regulation and environmental review and lawsuits and all these parties involved. We are going to just, instead of having to bid to a hundred different contractors and everybody gets to do a process and there has to be all this notice for all this stuff, right? They just acted and they got it done in two weeks.
to not allow the massive amounts of regulation and environmental review and lawsuits and all these parties involved. We are going to just, instead of having to bid to a hundred different contractors and everybody gets to do a process and there has to be all this notice for all this stuff, right? They just acted and they got it done in two weeks.
to not allow the massive amounts of regulation and environmental review and lawsuits and all these parties involved. We are going to just, instead of having to bid to a hundred different contractors and everybody gets to do a process and there has to be all this notice for all this stuff, right? They just acted and they got it done in two weeks.
And again, I want to, two weeks is what is possible if people aren't constrained by these massive amounts of regulation and processes. Versus two years.
And again, I want to, two weeks is what is possible if people aren't constrained by these massive amounts of regulation and processes. Versus two years.
And again, I want to, two weeks is what is possible if people aren't constrained by these massive amounts of regulation and processes. Versus two years.
So this is the main point I want to make. And it's the reason why I'm very passionate about this and very frustrated. And why, frankly, I'm just repulsed by the politicians who do this and the people who advocate for these things.
So this is the main point I want to make. And it's the reason why I'm very passionate about this and very frustrated. And why, frankly, I'm just repulsed by the politicians who do this and the people who advocate for these things.
So this is the main point I want to make. And it's the reason why I'm very passionate about this and very frustrated. And why, frankly, I'm just repulsed by the politicians who do this and the people who advocate for these things.