California’s bullet train delays have basically nothing to do with fundamental challenges like seismic engineering, and everything to do with planning permissio

California’s bullet train delays have basically nothing to do with fundamental challenges like seismic engineering, and everything to do with planning permission issues / NIMBYs and California specific regulations on one hand, and with bad management on the other. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/09/us/california-high-speed-rail-politics.html https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/09/us/california-high-speed-... https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-09/california-bullet-train-officials-say-they-were-told-to-suppress-bad-news-and-shut-up https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-09/californ... https://ktla.com/news/local-news/poor-decision-making-management-blamed-for-ballooning-costs-and-delays-in-california-bullet-train-project-in-new-state-audit/amp/ https://ktla.com/news/local-news/poor-decision-making-manage...