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It's not something you need to complete. A bullet train is worthless if you don't make an entire line. A bullet bus is just an upgrade to an existing bus route. Suppose you create a busway, but never manage to get the buses on it to go above 85mph. That's still a win. Suppose you do let them go at 140mph, but only on some sections. That's still a win. You can do it incrementally and stop at any point, and still reap the benefits.

It's also something that deliberately takes advantage of existing rights of way rather than trying to forge new ones. Hence it would have a vastly lower propensity to get mired in litigation from every hamlet along the way.