Who can argue the best steel-man for why this is not an abject failure of California government? Contrast to the Brightline?

Who can argue the best steel-man for why this is not an abject failure of California government? Contrast to the Brightline?

https://twitter.com/CaHSRA/status/1785798979222925439
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brightline

The failure was in the approval of it in the first place. The outcome is all but expected.

The local wildlife now has a more convenient way to cross the river. 😁

They could buy up Southwest, American, Delta and United and just fly intraCalifornia for free for decades with the billions they're plowing into this.

Another bridge to nowhere https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravina_Island_Bridge