Reuters: U.S. states to lead in creating high-speed rail: Biden

From Reuters:

Despite the U.S. government's plans to spend $13 billion establishing high-speed rail across the country, much of the work to lay the tracks and send the trains chugging will fall to the states, Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday.  "We have no illusions. We know your budgets are strained," Biden told a meeting of governors and state transportation officials. "People say to me ... 'Why the heck are you talking about high-speed rail all the time when these guys and these women are in a position where they're having trouble balancing their budgets?' Well, the payoff ... is really significant," he said.