AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, file A segment of a new high-speed rail corridor under construction in Fresno, California screen_shot_2017-07-19_at_4.28.52_pm.png A week after the introduction of the Green New Deal resolution, designed to build an inclusive economy while fighting the climate crisis, the textbook version of such a project has been essentially cancelled. In California, Governor Gavin Newsom used his State of the State Address to declare that there’s “ no path ” currently for a high-speed rail network connecting all of the state’s population centers. Instead of abandoning the project, Newsom has committed to completing the segment connecting Bakersfield, Fresno, and Merced, three cities with a population of around one million in a state pushing 40 million. No line would be preferable to running this line, which would create the false impression that high-speed rail cannot work in America. California’s bullet train tragedy is a cautionary tale on numerous levels. It’s about...