Editorial: Abandoning high-speed rail would be a mistake for California, the country and the planet
by The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times
Feb 13, 2019
3 minutes
Gov. Gavin Newsom distressed some people and delighted others Tuesday when he announced that he was putting on hold California's ambitious plans to build a bullet train from San Francisco to Los Angeles, and that he would instead focus on finishing high-speed rail service where construction was already underway: between Bakersfield and Merced.
"Let's be real," Newsom declared during his first State of the State speech. "The project, as currently planned, would
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