It’s time to derail California’s bullet train

California’s high-speed rail project has been a disaster from the beginning, and it’s only getting worse.
When voters were asked to approve Proposition 1A in 2008, they were told the cost to develop and construct the bullet train would be about $45 billion. Two years ago, the public was told it would cost $64 billion. According to the latest business plan released by bullet train authorities, the public should now expect $77.3 billion, but with a possibility of the cost rising to as