Does ambitious mean aspirational?

For many years I have regards the term aspirational as polite code for “No actual chance of this happening in reality”.

I now wonder whether the term ambitious is heading the same way. The Post reports:

A scathing report into the $1.3 billion project to allow bank cards and phones as payment on public transport has found the delayed launch dates are still “ambitious” despite ongoing cost risks.

The National Ticketing Solution (NTS) was first signed off 16 years ago and is designed to replace all of the country’s public transport cards and make one contactless payment system for all travelling via bus, train or ferry.

I still regard this as a solution looking for a problem. Certainly each major city needs an app or smart card solution for integrated public transport use. But I don’t need my Wellington snapper card to work on Auckland buses.