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i'm all for mass transit, but maybe HSR just isn't the right place to spend the money in 2016? perhaps spending all this money on making self driving cars working, legalized and a common thing would be a better choice?

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That's decades from being a substitute, and throwing more money at the problem seems unlikely to alter that fact.

Many major car manufacturers expect to be shipping autonomous vehicles by 2021 or earlier: http://www.driverless-future.com/?page_id=384

Which level of autonomy? Hint: It won't Lvl 6.

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