Does Rail Have a Future?
At the Petersen Automotive Museum, sitting next to a sign that read “What were they thinking?” in a roomful of cars that flopped, Val Zavala thought it a fitting place to talk high-speed rail. “What were they thinking,” she said, “is what a lot of people are thinking when they hear what a high-speed rail project would cost.” That cost rings up to $42 billion, said Zavala, host of KCET SoCal Connected, a co-sponsor of the event. Zavala joined L.A. County Metropolitan Transit Authority Board Member Richard Katz, Gloria …
