> Meanwhile construction has started on California's high speed rail system. Unfortunately, it only runs from Bakersfield to Palmdale, which is useless. Correc

> Meanwhile construction has started on California's high speed rail system. Unfortunately, it only runs from Bakersfield to Palmdale, which is useless. Correction 1: Bakersfield to Fresno Correction 2: This is the opposite of useless because: 1. Bakersfield is ~340,000 people ; Fresno is ~509,924 people + the other cities between call it about a million now have much better rail service. 2. CAHSR needs a flat straight section to do acceptance testing for train set delivery. 3. The federal stimulus money required a fast spending this section was furthest along in planning and the least controversial