While we're making comparisons: the CHSR is supposed to be 520 miles with two tracks. It also has a lot of elevation changes; hills and mountains and valleys. T

While we're making comparisons: the CHSR is supposed to be 520 miles with two tracks. It also has a lot of elevation changes; hills and mountains and valleys. This isn't to excuse the utter lack of progress made by California, but these factors Do make it a more difficult project compared to (what a cursory Google maps search shows is) New Mexico's flatter land. Or another comparison, Florida's brightline currently connecting Miami to West Palm Beach, with plans to make it to Orlando. 70 miles + 170 to Orlando. 1.75 billion across incredibly flat land, expedited by utilizing existing tracks. All that is to say, California's project as defined currently seems a lot more difficult in terms of terrain and scope. There are probably a lot of inefficiencies built in, as well as mismanagement. But it's not the most apt of comparisons, at least not to NM or FL.