California’s high-speed rail wasn’t ‘captured’ by contractors — it was created by them

Published May 22, 2019 4:05pm ET



California’s high-speed rail is doomed. This isn’t news, and it wasn’t doomed by President Trump’s recent decision to pull federal support for the project.

The multibillion-dollar high-speed rail project — massively over budget and behind schedule — is a massive boondoggle enriching the politically connected while not helping Californians at all.

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