Mercury News editorial: California high-speed rail is high-spending folly

[JDPriestly]

2. The bullet train will connect Southern California to Northern California.

That is somewhere to somewhere.

We use far more gasoline per capita than other countries and part of the reason for our lack of success in meeting minimal environmental protection goals is our lack of decent public transportation.

Trust me. Traveling by fast train through Central California will be far more pleasant than waiting for an hour before your flight on each leg of your trip to Seattle or Oregon and then traveling by plane in a seat just wide enough for the bowl of peanuts they serve you on the plane but not for an adult passenger.

I hope that I live long enough to take the train from LA to SF.