A collision of visions on bullet train
Thursday, March 8, 2012 - 01:30
in Mathematics & Economics
The high-speed rail line would transform California lifestyles for the better, backers say. Opponents see a costly social-engineering folly.The bullet trains that would someday streak through California at 220 mph are, in the vision of their most ardent supporters, more than just a transportation system. They are also a means to alter the state's social, residential and economic fabric.