Access to all that gov’t money is just too tempting.
If this rail is needed and would be so successful and profitable— I would expect to see private business knocking each other down to build it.
lovely examle of ‘overruns’:
http://www.nlpc.org/stories/2009/04/22/brooklyn-ny-contractor-sentenced-role-building-cost-overrun-scheme
The public is not begging for high speed rails. You only hear it from politicians. I think the motive is to make driving too costly,so we will ride the trains instead, which makes the population easier to manage and control.