More on the CA High Speed Rail

While said in a much more refined tone and with much more thought (and credibility), I just wanted to point out that a researcher at Boalt agrees with me:

I understand this more logical segment in Southern California (and a similar segment from San Francisco to San Jose in the north) is too expensive and time-consuming to build first. But the danger now is that the “starter section” serves no one and becomes a $4 billion boondoggle.