Is there a point you're trying to make? This train was originally intended to connect norcal and socal (now it's only doing Merced to Bakersfield), so an apt c

Is there a point you're trying to make? This train was originally intended to connect norcal and socal (now it's only doing Merced to Bakersfield), so an apt comparison would be e.g. I-5 not all highways everywhere. Also, I did look at your article which cited ~5B a year, so that's cheaper than a $100B+ rail that comes out in a few decades? That's not to even mention that we can drive on the highway today and it's used to transports commerical goods.