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==California==

==California==

CA Proposition 1A, passed in November 2008 authorized a high-speed rail line from San Francisco to Los Angeles through the Central Valley.  <ref name=" CA High speed rail”> https://www.spur.org/news/2018-03-28/california-high-speed-rail-under-construction-and-moving-forward </ref>

CA Proposition 1A, passed in November 2008 authorized a high-speed rail line from San Francisco to Los Angeles through the Central Valley.  <ref name=" CA High speed rail”> https://www.spur.org/news/2018-03-28/california-high-speed-rail-under-construction-and-moving-forward </ref>.  The plan was to use dedicated, grade separated tracks with speeds up to 220 miles per hour, and would attract 28 million passengers per year. The intent was for the line to pay for at least the operating costs. Construction began in 2015, before the route plan was completed and all approvals had been secured. The price continued to increase from the originally forecast 33.6 billion in 2008 to between 63.2 billion and 98.1 billion dollars, and the schedule was delayed by many years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/needed-someone-brave-enough-to-stop-californias-crazy-train|title=Someone brave enough to stop California's crazy train.|accessdate=2019-08-05}}</ref> In 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the project would be cut back to just the Central Valley, despite the money already sunk into the project and that this line would not provide as many positive impacts travelling from the relatively small cities of Bakersfield and Merced, only a 2.5 hour drive already.  <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2019/2/13/what-is-the-problem-for-which-california-high-speed-rail-is-the-solution|title=The California High-Speed Train that Wasn’t: The Opportunity Cost of Megaprojects|accessdate=2019-08-05}}</ref>

== New York State==

== New York State==