[Rebel_Ace]

"...I don't think a high-speed rail in a major earthquake zone is a particularly good idea..."

You don't even need an actual earthquake, either. Just the slow "ground drift" in the area can bend rails out of spec, causing horrific accidents.

[Mouton]

Oh well, another public works project disaster in the making. Now that the bay bridge is pretty much a wrap, on to bigger and better largess.