http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brightline http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brightline appears to be for real in Florida and the Acela now carries a majority of traffi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brightline http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brightline appears to be for real in Florida and the Acela now carries a majority of traffic on some parts of the Boston-NY corridor and service to Washington. Texas has much cheaper gas and stronger car culture than anywhere in Europe or Canada. It's really just California that's lagging behind expectations; the other two projects could be better. And Florida / Texas / California / Northeast wraps up all of the locations in the US that are viable for high-speed intercity passenger rail. The only truly underserved corridor in North America is Toronto - Detroit/Windsor - Chicago, but most people don't even recognize it as a possibility because it crosses a border. So instead of "what's wrong with the US" we should ask "what went wrong with CA HSR?".