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Listen, I love mass transit, I love big sweeping plans…but remember when the last administration Biden was in was all about this?

Obama’s high-speed rail plan went absolutely nowhere, in part because Republican governors flatly refused to participate.

Maybe skip the vision and simply build one reasonably priced high-speed line somewhere. LA to Vegas?

California has been trying to build a line for 5 decades. Now the price is beyond reasonable.

China built 22,000 miles for under 500 billion?

At this point we’ve got to be near ready for 300 mph maglevs.

Train travel in China is great! I really wish Europe had international train lines like that.

Maybe skip the vision and simply build one reasonably priced high-speed line somewhere. LA to Vegas?

…well, OK, but then you say…

California has been trying to build a line for 5 decades. Now the price is beyond reasonable.

So I'm not sure how we get to that reasonably priced point.

So I'm not sure how we get to that reasonably priced point.

Well I'm no expert, but other countries seem to be managing it just fine.