[fragmede]

> I am totally for trains, BTW, but I wish we'd hire EU and/or JP train builders to plan and build our trains.

Why? They wouldn't end up being any cheaper or able to make the trains run on time.

[bobthepanda]

When CA HSR was being proposed, there was some interest from SNCF of France and JR of Japan, but they specifically called out that the chosen route was very risky and hard to build.

Now it's ballooned from $33B to $100B+.