I could recast each of those as: - Effective cost benefit analysis that realizes rail is a net win environmentally - Ability to control costs & graft on large

I could recast each of those as: - Effective cost benefit analysis that realizes rail is a net win environmentally - Ability to control costs & graft on large projects to keep labor costs reasonable - Effective government that understands it's worthwhile to allow some private loss for the net public good At the end of the day, I believe we'd all be better off with more highspeed rail in the US. There's is no fundamental lack of resources preventing us from doing it; the problem is a lack of competence and political organization.