Suddenly the long-delayed, long-embattled California high speed rail project has powerful friends in Washington, D.C.
President Joe Biden wants to spend $80 billion on rail projects. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told reporters last month California’s project could “potentially” get some of those funds.
In Congress, key Democrats have been sympathetic to California high speed rail, where construction in the San Joaquin Valley is now in its ninth year.
