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120,000 people more than 90 miles from the hoped for starting points of los angeles or anaheim. this is literally the end of the road. we are off the 15 in the middle of the mohave desert and the proposed site for the train. 90 miles that way is l.a. 188 miles that way you hit las vegas. the question is would you drive from l.a. and park your car here and hop on the train to get there. >> i don't think the people of los angeles which is where we are are going to be drawing most of the riders are going to buy driving halfway to vegas and then catch a train the other half. >> is it a good idea. ...

I think the reason that you are seeing this happen is vegas sees there is a reason for it. they are the ones that are pushing for it. a lot of this money, private equity is coming out of vegas to allow people to get up there much quicker. they underand it that they can't really get down into the l.a. basin. so this is where they are going to start. >> what is standing in the way of turning this desert pitstop into an oasis? the answer is really simple. money. with private funds drying up the desert express is asking you to chip in. they say they need at least $5 billion in taxpayer money in th...

I think the reason that you are seeing this happen is vegas sees there is a reason for it. they are the ones that are pushing for it. a lot of this money, private equity is coming out of vegas to allow people to get up there much quicker. they underand it that they can't really get down into the l.a. basin. so this is where they are going to start. >> what is standing in the way of turning this desert pitstop into an oasis? the answer is really simple. money. with private funds drying up the desert express is asking you to chip in. they say they need at least $5 billion in taxpayer money in th...