Why is it that most advocates of HSR continue to confuse it...
...with local commuter rail?
"We'd much rather sit in traffic, inhalling CO.
California's new HSR line, or practically any HSR line will do absolutely nothing to alleviate LA traffic. It's main purpose is to compete with the airlines, not the freeways. You're still going to have to suck in CO to get to the station, to work, to wherever.