The LAT tries to put lipstick on it, but the foolishness of the plan shows through...
For example, each of the three possible paths from Palmdale to Burbank through the rugged San Gabriels would require up to 24 miles of tunnels as deep as 2,000 feet below the surface, one report says. The tunnels would be about four miles longer than earlier indicated.
One of the routes would require a single tunnel of nearly 17 miles that would cut through geologically complex shattered rock and fault zones. Another would displace as many 918 homes, while yet another alternative would displace 87 homes. But the vibration and noise, the report said, would affect many more.
The Burbank-to-Los Angeles section has two possible options, both using an existing Metrolink right of way.
I have yet to meet the Californian who really wants to ride it (more than once, that is.) Some hopefully expect OTHERS to ride it, which qualifies as research in Cali.
As RR suggests above, the alleged "Bullet Train" is an uber swindle of global warming proportions.
Bernie Madoff would be proud.
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“24 miles of tunnel.”
Somebody Best have a little read of this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotthard_Base_Tunnel