Mass transit across the western US is still largely in its infancy, but increasingly citizens are showing a willingness to make public investments in projects in a number of diverse and even surprising areas. San Francisco and Portland have long been the leaders in mass transit across the western US, and in recent years Denver, Phoenix, Salt Lake, and Los Angeles have also started and completed projects to an extent with more to come. The recently completed election saw citizens throughout CA approve a measure for a high speed train system to link San Francisco and Sacramento with Los Angeles and San Diego. This is quite an ambitious endeavor that will take a number of years to complete and be fully realized. Voters in the Seattle metro area also approved a mass transit ballot measure that will further link the region together. Citizens of Santa Fe, NM also voted to expand mass transit. And hopes remain for a regional train connecting Albuquerque to Casper still becoming a reality in the next decade, as well as a high speed rail system from Anaheim to Las Vegas.-
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