Is economic viability the problem with HSR? California voters approved a huge bond package for one eleven years ago. Over a decade later and there's still no ra

Is economic viability the problem with HSR? California voters approved a huge bond package for one eleven years ago. Over a decade later and there's still no rail line close to done. The issue doesn't seem to be that its fares can't compete with plane tickets, but that the state is just totally incapable of actually building it. Even when the money's there, you still have: NIMBYs, corruption/incompetence among officials and contractors, and (ironically) vague environmental laws with loose standing rules that cause any infrastructure project to end up in court. Among other things.