The U.S. Transportation Department shows sanity by recommending the funding cutoff of California's Bullet Train Project after it said a compliance review of its grants found that the state had incurred costly change orders on its contracts, sharply reduced ridership forecasts and failed to meet deadlines. It said there was no “viable path” to completing an initial segment by the 2033 deadline set as a condition of funding.

 

California Offers Spirited Defense of Bullet Train Project

In a blistering response to the Trump administration’s proposal to pull $4 billion in federal funding, state officials said the move was illegal, predetermined and based on flawed analysis