We've got a long way to go before Caltrain's first electric train cars hit the tracks — until 2021, at least. But like that person on a house flipping show who starts picking out bathroom tile before they manage their new property's need for new piping and insulation ("but tile is funnnnnn" that person inevitably whines), Caltrain is hoping you'll ignore worries over funding and infrastructure to help them pick out the colors for their new seats.

It came via Twitter, the news that "The Time Has Come To Choose Your Seat." The options, to be voted on by interested parties here, are a thrilling blue headrest/teal piping combo and a dark grey/red piping option. In both cases, the majority of the seat would be grey.

Voters had better pick something they think they'll still be into several years from now, as from a ceremonial groundbreaking ceremony for the $1.98 billion project Friday, the Chron reports that "new rail cars are scheduled to start arriving in 2019, and the electrified trains are expected to start running by 2021."

Funding for the project was so imperiled earlier this year that Caltrain launched an online petition intended to allow citizens to urge their representatives to support the project, after California's Republican delegation had convinced the Trump administration to block funding for the project.

Led by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield, the delegation "opposed the grant because they said it would help the state’s high-speed-rail project, which they are trying to stop," the Chron reports. In May, the Federal Transit Administration pushed past those objections, agreeing to supply the $647 million needed to get the electrification show on the road.

The new electric cars, Caltrain says, "will have two main levels with between 85 and 100 seats per car. There will be some flip seats, in addition to the regular fixed seats. Most seats will face one direction and if there are any seats facing each other, there will be a table in the middle. There will be one bathroom per train." I'm already looking forward to the toilet paper poll!

Previously: It's Come To This: Caltrain Launches Online Petition In Effort To Save Electrification Plan