In a sense, it is, but in the opposite direction the parent article intended. A lot of the issue with building new rail lines in the U.S. is that despite advan

In a sense, it is, but in the opposite direction the parent article intended. A lot of the issue with building new rail lines in the U.S. is that despite advantages like eminent domain, things inevitably get bogged down in politics and turf-battles between agencies, which in conjunction with bizarrely dysfunctional (although probably originally well-intended) contracting rules, etc, lead to huge amounts of cost/schedule inflation. Private organizations suck in many ways too, but they have a lot more incentive to keep focused on the goal...