On November 4, 2008, California voters voted in favor of Proposition 1A which effectively brought high speed rail in California from concept to reality. Lawmakers pitched the system as a “safe, convenient, affordable and reliable alternative to driving and high gas prices,” with the ability to “provide good-paying jobs and improve California’s economy while reducing air pollution, global warming greenhouse gases, and our dependence on foreign oil” (California Supplemental Official Voter Information Guide, 2008). The project came with several guarantees, including a 200+ MPH transportation system capable of transporting passengers from Los Angeles to San Francisco in 2 hours, 40 minutes or less and $1 billion per year operating costs offset by fare revenue. Unfortunately, nearly nine and a half years later, we don’t have much to show for it other than lawsuits, mismanagement, delays and severe cost overruns.

Some fear that California – the same state that took nearly 20 years to retrofit the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge with a nearly 2,500% cost overrun – may have grossly underestimated yet another massive infrastructure project. In this video, I breakdown California High Speed Rail’s timeline of events, what derailed the project, and what an uncertain future might hold for what some consider a massive governmental boondoggle.

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