[RayChuang88]

Sacramento, CA was able to get their light rail project going because they were able to cheaply use a lot of ex-freeway and Southern Pacific/Sacramento Northern railroad right of way land. That right there saved a HUGE amount of money.

[minnesota_bound]

$2 billion for a short stretch of track. Now imagine the Highspeed Train to Nowhere in California from Los Angeles to San Francisco. That was to cost under $30 billion and now estimates are $100 billion when we all know it will be much higher and will not be high speed.