The U.S. has tried to build high-speed rail for 50 years | NPR Marketplace

Ben Bradford interviewed me and others (including Berkeley's Betty Deakin) for the Marketplace story "Why can't America build bullet trains?" I argue in a few seconds of airtime that intercity rail is not the best use of scarce public funds, which should instead be spent on urban travel. There is a related timeline at: "The U.S. has tried to build high-speed rail for 50 years