Facebook considered reviving a disused railway line

[John Ashworth]

Facebook considered reviving a disused railway line to make it easier for workers to reach its Menlo Park headquarters, report says

Facebook spent $20 million on plans to revive an old railway line to Silicon Valley, but political hurdles and COVID-19 led it to abandon the idea, a report says... several factors conspired to see the $2.6 billion project shelved. More than a dozen people told the Times that political dysfunction in the region, and Facebook's own growing impatience, put early pressure on plans...