Californias high-speed rail delusions keep chugging along

Coming soon since 2008!High-speed rail in California.The state’s signature “green” project, now close to 20 years old, has yet to lay an inch of track.But the delusions keep chugging along.The California High Speed Rail authority has asked the feds for a grant of almost $400 million to help build 30 miles of track between Madera and Merced, The California Post reported. Really.  California's top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.Please provide a valid email.

By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.Never miss a story Even after President Donald Trump boasted of rescinding $4 billion from the long-stalled project last year, calling it a “disastrously overpriced, ‘HIGH SPEED TRAIN TO NOWHERE,’” on Truth Social.California would do better to drop the pretense, halt the project and reroute rail spending to more pressing state needs.The project got another smackdown from the feds this week, with a US Department of Transportation spokesman noting the effort has squandered billions of taxpayer dollars while producing “nothing.”It’s hard to quibble with that take.California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, XCalifornia Post Opinion California Post Newsletters: Sign up here!California Post App: Download here!Home delivery: Sign up here!Page Six Hollywood: Sign up here!Team Trump added that it broadly supports high-speed, but will not back the California boondoggle.The “Train to Nowhere” is a longtime laughingstock, after all.The grand vision was sold to California voters as a way to zip between LA and San Francisco, at a total-build cost of $33 billion to $45 billion.In the years since, the rail authority has shrunk the project focus to a Central Valley stretch between Merced and Bakersfield — and revised the total-build cost to $126.3 bil...