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California bullet trains: Full steam ahead? Money talks, and last week, the federal government had about 6 billion things to say about high-speed rail projects in California.
In 2008, California voters approved a $10 billion bond for a new train route between the Southland and the Bay. At the time, the project was supposed to cost $32 billion and finish in 2029.
California has long-term plans to electrify most of its rail systems, but this shows that we shouldn’t be waiting another 25 years to get it done. We should be speeding it up,” he concludes .
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