California's High Speed Rail Will be Profitable, Require No Gov
Support to Run: New Report  CA High Speed Rail Authority/Public
Domain  You may have heard this news already, packaged in a
slightly different way: News agencies across the nation are
reporting that a 'business plan' for California's high speed
rail line has been completed, and estimates show it will cost
nearly twice as much as originally projected. Almost $100
billion! What's more, federal funds are drying up, and critics
are still angry that the initial segment was installed in the
lesser-populated Central Valley. It's a disaster! A disaster!
Or at least you'd assume as much until you read to this part:
"The plan also says the system would be profitable even at the
lowest ridership estimates and would not require public
operating subsidies".  Wait, this whole thing would work? And
work well? As in, after the initial investment, the entire
system would pay for itself and then provide a much-desired,
low-carbon transportation alternative to the