Comment Re: $231 Billion (Score 1) 199
They already run trains on/along this segment, as the high speed rail was largely built alongside the existing freight rails that Amtrak already runs on (routes that CA already subsidizes for 25 cents per person per mile just to operate the trains on the existing tracks). The main difference is the high speed rail having to avoid at-grade crossings so much of it built as a long bridge above street crossings.