keeping them honest. reporter: for the past decade, california has been the true hope for high-speed rail in america. a vision of the future the rest of the u.s. would certainly follow. backed by a nearly 10 billion-dollar california bond measure passed four years ago and $3.5 billion of your federal tax dollars, the idea was to link the two biggest golden cities with a 200-mile an hour bullet. which is why californians overwhelmingly approved it, a bullet train connecting los angeles with san francisco in a little more than two hours, but like many high-speed rail projects across the country, it hasn t happened yet and even once staunch supporters of this rain are asking where is it? i introduced as state sen tomorrow the first bill to create high-speed rail in
in 1992 and tried again in 1996 and as chairman of the high-rail authority. we re on our way. reporter: in 2008 rallied california voters to back the bond measure to pay for high-speed rail. so a lofty goal, a goal that everybody thought was a great idea, the bond measure passed with tremendous support. what happened? over the next three years, what happened was the collapse of the plan to run genuine high-speed rail. i call it the great train robbery. reporter: the great train robbery with millions already spent, billions pledged, the result in california has so far amounted to, well, nothing. his vision of boarding a train
california. reporter: when was that? 1992. reporter: he pushed it back in 1992 and tried again in 1996 and as chairman of the high-rail authority. we re on our way. reporter: in 2008 rallied california voters to back the bond measure to pay for high-speed rail. so a lofty goal, a goal that everybody thought was a great idea, the bond measure passed with tremendous support. what happened? over the next three years, what happened was the collapse of the plan to run genuine high-speed rail. i call it the great train robbery. reporter: the great train robbery with millions already spent, billions pledged, the result in california has so far amounted to, well, nothing.
reporter: for the past decade, california has been the true hope for high-speed rail in america. a vision of the future the rest of the u.s. would certainly follow. backed by a nearly 10 billion-dollar california bond measure passed four years ago and $3.5 billion of your federal tax dollars, the idea was to link the two biggest golden cities with a 200-mile an hour bullet. which is why californians overwhelmingly approved it, a bullet train connecting los angeles with san francisco in a little more than two hours, but like many high-speed rail projects across the country, it hasn t happened yet and even once staunch supporters of this rain are asking where is it? i introduced as state sen
bullet train connecting los angeles with san francisco in a little more than two hours, but like many high-speed rail projects across the country, it hasn t happened yet and even once staunch supporters of this rain are asking where is it? i introduced as state sen tomorrow the first bill to create high-speed rail in california. reporter: when was that? 1992. reporter: he pushed it back in 1992 and tried again in 1996 and as chairman of the high-rail authority. we re on our way. reporter: in 2008 rallied california voters to back the bond measure to pay for high-speed rail. so a lofty goal, a goal that everybody thought was a great idea, the bond measure passed with tremendous support. what happened? over the next three years,