From Vision to Disillusionment: The Story of California’s High-Speed Rail

Quentin Kopp, who served as a California state senator in the 1980s, was one of the first to introduce the idea of high-speed rail to California. “There’s a new kind of train here now. They call it high-speed. The first line is from Paris to Lyon. I said, ‘Well, let’s try it,’” Kopp said, recalling the first time he experienced...