How is this project different from other previous attempts to implement high-speed train systems in the U.S.?
The California High-Speed Train Project is poised to be the first true high-speed train system implemented in the United States. While there have been other proposals to implement high-speed trains in the nation, should Proposition 1A pass in November the California proposal would be the first to secure the state funding needed to construct the system. Since the 1980s, there have been several failed attempts to implement high-speed trains in the United States. The most notable of these were the American High Speed Rail Corporation (AHSRC) proposal to build a bullet train along the coastal corridor between Los Angeles and San Diego (1981-1984), the Texas TGV to link Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio (1989-1994), and the Florida Overland Express (FOX) project to link Miami-Orlando-Tampa Bay (1991-1999). The AHSRC proposal in Southern California and the Texas TGV were both presumed to be completely privately financed with no public funding. The findings from California High-Spee
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