The Need for Speed

摘要

On Jan. 6,2015, Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr., and almost 1,000 supporters from across California, gathered in Fresno for the official ground-breaking for the nation's first high-speed rail system. This celebration represented the culmination of years of work from leaders in the Golden State and across the nation-and it all started with the passage of Proposition 1A by California voters in 2008. That vote allocated more than $9 billion in bonds and led the way for a separate infusion from of $3.3 billion through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.