How California Finally Plans To Finish The High Speed Rail Project
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Published 2023-10-09
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All Comments (21)
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Living in a Tulare County and traveling to Fresno often, we get to see huge construction progress everyday.
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I can't wait to ride this train! Driving from SF to LA is horrible and flying there takes just as long as driving there. Once you leave the US you realize how car dependent we are in this country. Having traveled to other countries and utilized their transit systems you realize we're way behind when it comes to ease of transportation.
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I can't wait to be able to go from SF to LA in under 3 hours. No TSA, no ubering to and from the airport, no cramped seating, no baggage limits, and being internet connected the whole time!
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As a Spanish person, it is very difficult for me to understand why there are no high-speed lines in different areas of the USA. I think the problem is that in the USA the Administration does not assume that the benefit of building infrastructure should not only be measured by economic benefits, there are social, ecological and even territorial cohesion benefits.
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Acela is a near-HSR system already in operation. Brightline just completed another leg of its near-HSR system in Florida. Brightline is also expected to start building HSR from LA to Las Vegas this year. Meanwhile, Texas whose politicians once promised HSR from Dallas to Houston have reneged. Oil money and opposition from Southwest Airlines has proven too powerful. Indeed, a lot of the slow progress on HSR is due to opposition by Big Oil.
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We need to massively plant native trees all over California right alongside the train!
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The primary advantage of the Central Valley lies in its strategic location. With the implementation of this train project, individuals would have the convenience of commuting to San Francisco or Los Angeles for lunch or dinner, and still make it back home in time for work. This would provide the opportunity for individuals to work in high-priced housing markets like LA or SF, while residing in more affordable areas such as Fresno or Tulare, where homes are available at half the cost.
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Definitely the biggest game changer will be passenger train service through the Tehachapi mountains. Its been over 50 years since passenger trains have gone through (not counting coast starlight detours).
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This is going to be great once operational I hope they finish well before 2030 no one is going to remember the price tag or all the bikering they will remember the convenience jobs and pride of having a real high speed train in the US. It will spur growth and other states are going to want one.
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It has been my lifelong dream to go from Merced to Bakersfield, only 7 more years to go!
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Not to mention Indonesia just completed their high speed rail 😲America has even fallen behind Indonesia.😂
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I'm 76. I've been waiting for this since I was in my 30's. I am not betting money that I will live to see it. Like you said in the video, "If Americans want to build something big, fast, they can. The Empire State Buildiing was built in about a year, during the Depression. IMO, it is a literal crime(s) that it has not come online yet. What value do we have for that $70+ Billion to-date?
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Good objective short history of the CAHSR project. Arguably the most important public infrastructure project for not only California, but the US in decades.
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If you think its such a good idea - raise all the needed money in the private markets. Good luck with that.
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To get around the money issue they should do what old railroads did. Develop land along the route and build towns. Developing the land around the stations with high density mixed use space could generate revenue, cement thier own future ticket sales and could also help aleviate California's housing crisis
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If public transit and HSR get much funding as roads and highways, it will get done before 2030. But that's not the case, right now.
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California has high housing costs, which would be alleviated by fixing the regional job-housing imbalances, whereby the inland counties have a relative shortage of high-paying jobs and the coastal have a relative shortage of affordable housing. High-speed rail directs economic growth into the inland counties of California.
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Merced to Bakersfield should be good for about 100 riders per day
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Correct me if I'm wrong, Indonesia has already launch this kind high-speed railway, not only the first in Southeast Asia, but also the world's first among other southern hemisphere countries, named Whoosh!
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In México we just oppened the Maya Train and believe me, it has been a huge step foward for movility in the Yucatan peninsule for locals and tourist alike, specially if you are visiting Cancún. Greetings from south of the border!! ✌🤠🇲🇽
