Bullet Train Faces Troubles in Sacramento

Traveling in California this holiday weekend, it certainly would be convenient, even fun, to step aboard a 200-mph bullet train and zip around in quiet comfort, but the long-dreamed-of bullet train keeps encountering difficulty leaving the station, writes the Los Angeles Times.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is trying to sidetrack it, offering a medley of rationales for his efforts to again delay a $9.9-billion rail bond proposal slated for the November 2008 ballot. The governor and Legislature already have twice postponed the bond vote — the last time, in 2006, because it would have competed with their $37-billion public works package.

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