My reading of that article indicates that the $8 billion is not for just that one HSR project, but to be divided among a number of them around the country.

We in Florida expect to receive between 1.5 and 2 billion for transportation, and so we are trying to get our priorities in order. Quite a lot of interesting conversations going on in the Sunshine State.

EmmaG

"I believe very deeply that compassion is the route not only for the evolution of the full human being, but for the very survival of the human race." —The Dalai Lama