California’s High-Speed Rail Dreams Just Aren’t Feasible

California’s High-Speed Rail Dreams Just Aren’t Feasible

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Well, it’s big in Japan…That is what proponents of California’s high-speed rail project say when asked about the whys and wherefores of the system.  In other words, if it works somewhere else it will work here. That argument, though, falls in the face of a rather basic fact:  California and Japan are different. It is true that Japan’s high speed rail system, first begun in 1964, actually makes money – a lot, in fact.  The iconic first line, Shinkansen Tokaido, alone carries 90 million people a year…

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