There is tons of support for high speed rail. California's voters passed a bond initiative to fund one stage of it. Whether voters would vote to raise taxes to

There is tons of support for high speed rail. California's voters passed a bond initiative to fund one stage of it. Whether voters would vote to raise taxes to fully fund it is another question, but voting for $9 billion in bonds cannot be interpreted as anything other than public support for high speed rail. Just because there are significant interests that oppose high speed rail at every turn doesn't mean there isn't public support.