After more than 20 years of promising that high-speed trains would soon be zipping between Las Vegas and (almost) Los Angeles, another round of delays for the Brightline West project shouldn’t be surprising.
One can only hope that, when completed, the speed of the railway will be inversely proportional to the speed with which it became a reality.
Despite a $3 billion loan from former President Joe Biden’s administration and billions more in “private activity bonds” from various public municipalities and organizations, economic realities are nonetheless threatening to derail the most promising American high-speed rail project in years.
Yes, ground has been broken and new promises have been made, but the massive headwinds facing a rail project in the Mojave haven’t disappeared.
