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I’ve taken a bullet train in Japan from Tokyo to Kyoto and back and it’s fantastic technology.

I have as well. And their system was started in the 60s? I think in the last 50 years there has been a total of one fatality—a guy who somehow managed to get on the tracks.

But even if California figures out how to complete high-speed rail, the one critical thing it will lack will be Japanese train crews and their self discipline. If he’s got a union card, Homer Simpson will be driving the California train.

“But even if California figures out how to complete high-speed rail ...”

Do they plan for the line between SF and LA to turn a profit?

I just don’t see enough utilization to pay for it. The 100 billion could be used to build ten new airports in the SF and LA areas. I’d rather fly for 30 minutes than ride the train for several hours.