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californiaFasTrak Incorrectly Charges Millions of Drivers and Does Not Care

March 19, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
The picture above is California Highway sign is from the quarterly Metro Transportation Commission report. I have personally never seen the digital sign mention the Flex Fastrak transponder. You will see below the large highway sign a tiny 2 foot …
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californiaShortage of Funds for Shorter California High-Speed Rail

March 4, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
California Governor Gavin Newsome recently said the new goal for California’s High-Speed Rail project would be to complete a 171-mile long section between Merced and Bakersfield. The original goal objective was to link San Franciso and Los Angeles. The current …
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california$500 Per Month Basic Income Experiment in California

February 19, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
There has been a lot of worries about the future having high levels of unemployment. This is from fears that the advance of artificial intelligence will cause waves of mass unemployment at levels beyond what has been experienced in the …
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californiaCalifornia Governor Newsome Wants to Complete High-Speed Rail From Merced to Bakersfield

February 12, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
Newsom said California will complete a 110-mile (177 km) high-speed rail link between Merced and Bakersfield. This would not meet the requirements of the original bond measure. California had originally planned to build a 520-mile system in the first phase …
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boring companyBoring Company Talks Silicon Valley Tunnel But They Should Make Cheaper Subway Tunnels

February 7, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
The Mayor of San Jose, California, Sam Liccardo, is in talks with Elon Musk’s Boring Company for a tunnel from the airport to Diridon Station. Mayor Sam Liccardo told reporters at City Hall that this represents a chance for the …
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californiaNo Excuses, California Has the Money to Get Forests Under Control in 2019

January 14, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
On January 10, 2019, California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a $144 billion general fund budget on Thursday that’s up 4 percent from the current year and predicts a $21.4 billion surplus from robust tax collections and slower growth of state …
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californiaCalifornia’s High Speed Rail Project Will Collapse Within Four Years

December 14, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
There is a new report on the cost overruns on the California High-Speed rail project. Those no longer matter. The project will not get any meaningful money to complete any useful part. I predict this project will collapse within four …
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batteriesCalifornia Battery and EV Car Mandates Will Help Tesla Reach $1 trillion by 2030

November 27, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
Ron Baron of Baron Capital believes Tesla’s electric car and battery storage business will be worth $500 billion each by 2030. This will give Tesla an estimated total market cap of $1 trillion in the next 11 years. Baron’s firm, …
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boring companyMusk Drops Planned LA Sepulveda Tunnel Because of Environmental Lawsuit

November 27, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
Elon Musk’s tunneling company has dropped its plans to dig beneath Sepulveda Boulevard on the Westside because of an environmental lawsuit. Musk had wanted to dig a 2.7-mile tunnel planned along Sepulveda Boulevard on L.A.’s Westside. The Boring Company has …
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californiaOne Mile Barriers to Forest Fires – Controlled Burns and Fuel Breaks 1957-1977

November 13, 2018 | Brian Wang |
 
California has had several years of bad forest fires. Many billions of dollars and dozens of lives are being lost each year. There was an 84-page document that describes the practice of 300 foot to one-mile wide fuel breaks. There …
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