Is Any High-Speed Rail Project "Ambitious?"

That's the question millions are asking after seeing the NYT article on the debate between California governor Jerry Brown and Neel T. Kaskari. The piece told readers:

"Again and again, Mr. Kashkari criticized the ambitious high-speed rail project from San Francisco to Los Angeles that Mr. Brown has pushed even as it has lost popularity with voters and some lawmakers, and even as Republicans in Washington have said they would refuse to fund it."

Other than giving us the NYT's assessment of th...