The U.S. government has decided that your tax dollars would be better spent rushing tourists on a 300 mph levitating train from Disneyland to Las Vegas.  The new transportation bill just signed into law has set aside $45 million dollars to begin the project.  The expenditure will cover only the environmental study of the route.  The actual project will cost many, many times this amount.

The proposed route runs along Interstate 15 where millions of travelers drive each year.  The train will help ease the congestion as it is expected to carry a fraction of one percent of the current load.

A cheaper alternative diesel-electric train had been planned, but that would not be as much 'fun'.  A similar Amtrak route was stopped in 1997 due to low ridership, but I am sure this one will be much more popular.