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Post Carbon Transportation Fellow Anthony Perl was asked to comment on competing Las Vegas to Los Angeles high speed rail bids.
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Two high-speed rail companies say they are ready to roll soon, but they already are crashing into each other in a fight for the same limited funding. Details are vague on a recent third proposal.
They present an interesting debate: magnetic levitation rail vs. steel-wheeled line.
If Las Vegas is serious about landing a bullet train, that controversy should end now, said Anthony Perl, a fellow with the Post Carbon Institute, a California-based think tank that aids communities adapting to dwindling resources, such as oil.
"They're not going to do anything other than hold back progress by holding these types of debates," said Perl, who has studied high-speed rail proposals and systems for 25 years.
Perl can't envision these two trains vying for the same money source because he believes the magnetic levitation project is a fantasy.
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