The largest wildlife crossing on Earth was just recently finished over the 101 near Thousand Oaks. I think wildlife is a serious consideration when planning HSR through the LA foothills, which might explain why the enviornmental review took so long. The point is that HSR is not the only major infrastructure project that the state is in the middle of right now, and I have a strange feeling a lot of retards assume that it is and then wonder why these things take so long.