dimondpark:
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One can be a fan of high speed rail as a mode of transportation where it would work, and at the same time not believe its the best fit for the region in which one lives.
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Please explain why high speed rail won't work in CA. California has three of Amtrak's five highest ridership routes (
http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-01-0...heast-corridor). CA is as dense as Spain, where high speed rail is of course very successful. Both San Francisco and Los Angeles (
http://www.uctc.net/access/37/access37_sprawl.shtml) are very dense cities.
California has some of the nation's worst highway congestion and SFO is one of the most delayed airports. California cities will have pretty decent feeder networks of subways and local commuter rail by the time high speed rail is completed (LA County is spending $20B or more on transit, including the westside subway, thanks to Measure R).
These all sound like reasons why high speed rail can be expected to be pretty successful in California.