Having a long term strategy for public transport makes a lot of sense, and having a backbone line to build that on, makes a lot of sense as well. Evaluation any

Having a long term strategy for public transport makes a lot of sense, and having a backbone line to build that on, makes a lot of sense as well. Evaluation any city-to-city part doesn't really make sense. California should have rail system that can compete with Germany or France and a high speed mainline is clearly part of that. Part of the problem with the US is that there is very little long term unified planning on any level.