I'm from Texas and excited for this to fully go online. American designed true high speed rail. If anyone has traveled to a country with well developed public rail transportation, you know how much the U.S. needs projects like this. Interstate 5 and flying won't be the only fast options anymore.
they literally are building a station 3+ miles outside of Hanford adjacent to farm fields, everyone living in Hanford is going to drive to it as it’s definitely not within walking distance, and it’d be an inconvenient bike ride. there is nothing wrong with driving over to remote stations like that
@@burlingtonfan7492CAHSR themselves have said many in the Central Valley rely on cars, and the station designs have to acknowledge that. The other three Central Valley stations are within cities and connected to their existing transit. Kings/Tulare is the outlier, and will be connected to buses to Hanford, Visalia, Tulare and even Corcoran. There’s a planned train service that’ll one day link it with Huron, Lemoore, Hanford, Visalia, and all the way to Porterville. From what I’ve learned, CAHSR did want to put the station in Hanford but the city was against that, so CAHSR moved it to where it’s at now.
@@ChrisJones-gx7fc I sure do wish they took a routing through Tulare, don’t know why they had to swing west. As for Hanford, I’d glad they didn’t tear through the city anyways, but perhaps they could’ve just built some flyovers to the north and south and have them serve the existing station there directly. Could probably do that to serve Visalia too
Honestly, the only thing bad about this project right now is that I worry about the Stations not being able to expand upon themselves. The reason why Japan has the best Train System in the World is that their local trains are setup to help their Shinkansen. Local stations are Mixed-Use Properties with Mixed-Use Zoning - as CAHSR is being built out, the cities along it's line need to build up their local trolley/metro systems to connect to each CAHSR station. I believe as each section of the CAHSR is completed, those workers in those areas should be utilized to bring local train services to the HSR lines so that one could simply walk out from where they live in Fresno to a Train Station 5-15 minutes away, board a train to the HSR line, get on the HSR and be in LA in 2 hours where they would work and then take the same train back same day and be home in the same amount of commute time that it would be now if that same person was living in parts of LA currently. And technically they could even still be productive on the train as they could work on the train heading in and out of work. I hope that people realize - this is not a 5 year project, or even a 10 year project. This is going to be a on-going project for the rest of our Lifespans and going into our grand-childrens Lifespans and beyond.
That's my big concern with CaHSR as well. I'm all for it, but I feel that it will always fall short of expectations until the cities and counties along the alignment decide add networks of their own, be it bus, tram, or suburban/regional rail. These projects don't exist in a vacuum, but my sense is that only LA and the bay area are understanding that.
@@ashleyhamman There is the cross-valley corridor project that aims to create a transit connection between the Kings/Tulare station and nearby towns (first bus and eventually rail.) Also, I suspect that eventually Fresno, the 5th largest city in California, will gain some sense and realize that they need to properly invest in their transit system. I'm not sure about Merced or Bakersfield. At least Merced will eventually be getting regional rail from ACE, but that's more so for intercity commuters and not really travel within Merced. As for Bakersfield, apparently, their station development plan is mildly decent but otherwise I'm not sure what their long-term transit plans are.
Human sized spaces are essential. Zoning laws need to change to convert areas around new stations and potential stations REQUIRE any development as human sized spaces. The complete opposite of single family housing.
Finally a new construction update! So exciting to see all the latest progress. Things seem to be moving at a steady pace, beyond just the Central Valley construction. Over the next few years they’ll ramp up even more with tracks and systems installed, stations and a maintenance facility being built, and trains delivered for testing and eventual service.
@@user-gi6ok7wf8h "You still cannot ride a train from LA to Bakersfield" Yup, and since they want 100 billion, it's not going to happen for the foreseeable future. Governor was wise to say there shall be no more construction beyond Merced to Bakersfield. At some point you have to be fiscally conservative. Not socially conservative (I'm socially liberal), but fiscally conservative. I'm very proud I voted no on this nonsense, as a lifelong centrist Democrat. I feel like most people thought, "oh, hsr, that will help my commute", but HSR isn't for commuting...nobody commutes SF to LA. This would have no effect on highway 101 here in the Bay Area or 405 in Los Angeles; those people aren't going all the way from SF to LA....they're just going from SF to SJ, or Torrance to Panorama City, etc. 🙂
No they won't. The construction in Fresno is at a near standstill and that section is the easiest part. They can't even complete that yet so how in the world can they build through Tejon Pass and into LA??
Some very small 1 mile structures are taking so much time and you are calling it good acceleration! Meanwhile MAHSR added more than 40 miles of viaduct going over 3-4 rivers and some major highways in just one year!
@@mayankharjani Yeah, that Indian HSR project is already more than 2x delayed and more than 2x over budget. Not sure that you want to bring up a failed project to try to criticized a less failed project.
@@TohaBgood2 CAHSR is a project to nowhere! 4x+ over budget and delay cannot be calculated because there is no end date! 😂 Only 20% funding is secured till now and only 30% land acquisition done! MAHSR, which is just 1.5x over budget, 2x over timeline which was already a quarter and a half of CAHSR respectively, 100% land acquisition done, 100% funding secured, 100% civil contracts awarded(for entire section)! On MAHSR, stations are being constructed while CAHSR is just being designed still for IOS. On MAHSR, tracks are being laid, while the track contract has not even been released in CAHSR! Btw, MAHSR guideway which is a 400 km long viaduct, will be the longest in the world, 2.5 times longer than the second closest! Out of this 400km, 100km is already constructed!
@@mayankharjani Restating long debunked propaganda about this project won't get you anywhere, bud. Try coming up with new material or get better sources of as of yet undebunked propaganda.
@@TohaBgood2 propaganda is something which is not based on facts! And the facts are what I have started above! The problem is you don't want to see that CP4 got delayed which you had high hopes on! With people like you putting a blind eye towards CAHSRA delays, and cheering on their failures, the project is bound to rot!
I think with the pace this is going at, I bet we will probably be finished even sooner. It would be amazing if this high speed rail line opened in time for the LA 2028 Olympics. Just as Japan did with its Tokaido Shinkansen for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
no chance for LA service anywhere near that time. sadly. There is a plan for a long tunnel into the LA area from the north, a huge infrastructure project. If it were properly funded (good luck with that), over-all project cost would be lower and it would pay dividends even sooner. Patience is indicated.
Not SF to LA (CAHSR’s own estimates show up to six years needed to build across Pacheco Pass), but certainly Merced to Bakersfield. That may not sound too impressive, but if Brightline West is able to get their trains running in 2028, then certainly so can CAHSR. Along with new Acela service on the NE Corridor, the US could have three operating examples of high speed rail by the 2028 Olympics. That should be a national goal, especially for the current pro-rail Biden Administration, and one that’s achievable.
@@chrisonthedot 2024’s gonna be a crucial election year, and not just for the guy who’ll occupy the White House. CAHSR maintaining a supportive Congress is critical to delivering Central Valley train service by 2030, as well as to SF and LA/Anaheim.
I really love the energy and excitement of these updates. With such a complex project and a somewhat uncertain funding future past the central valley, we needed some good news! Thanks. Also the narrator is great.
Keep going! I can't wait to see more about those station designs. It looks like the Fresno Station is getting a roof after previous designs just gave it open-air platforms.
This is perfect for people scared to fly, and tbh traveling a train would probably be much comfortable and quicker than the airport. Also maybe more competition with passenger rail would force airlines to improve standards. Trains are more spacious and leg room many times better and nothing beats the amazing views you get of the country.
@@burgerman101 for me I simply hope these stations will be well maintained for many years, I want them to remain clean and organized, I don't want the Greyhound experience or the airport experience. Just something clean, organized and comfortable. Also not trynna be mean but limited homeless would be nice
@@Ahmaio I’m not sure how involved CAHSR will be with maintaining the stations. Existing ones like LA Union Station and San Jose Diridon will be up to whoever already oversees them, while the purpose-built HSR stations in the Central Valley probably will be up to CAHSR. As far as keeping them clean and safe, that absolutely should be paramount. High speed rail in the US needs to maintain a positive image so people check it out and keep coming back, and that starts and ends with the stations.
Their Phase A, the bridge over the 101 freeway with two tracks, is supposed to open by the Summer 2028 Olympics. Phase B, which includes the remaining tracks, along with raising the platform and track height to increase the ceiling space for an enhanced concourse, should be completed several years after that. So far only Phase A is funded.
With all of the grade separation projects coming along, that’s the major plus there. And for god’s sake, please do not go through the 2x3 economy seating for your future intercity trainsets, stick by the usual 2x2’s and 1x2’s.
Would it hurt to have 2+3 value seating in just one car or a section so more could afford a ride such as families? That seems more inclusive and would deepen the ridership pool.
It's really cool seeing the general infrastructure upgrades that HSR is contributing to like badly needed grade separations. Even if some locals never use HSR, their car and pedestrian infrastructure has improved because of it.
Loving all the positive comments. Let the LA Times, particularly Ralph V. and other anti HSR media tell it, everyone thinks the project is a "boondoggle" (seriously hate thag word 🙄), but people actually support this project.
A majority of Californians (however wide or narrow that may actually be) continue to support high speed rail and want to see it completed as quickly as possible.
@@davidgenie-ci5zlthis is going to crest untold economic benefit by connecting the major economies of California together, once complete no one will remember the journey just the huge job opportunities and affordable housing now available to them
My main problem with Florida's HSR is that much of it wasn't grade separated so the trains can't really go that fast... I`m glad to see that mistake wasn't repeated. Very exciting!
@@travisfinucane All of Caltrain's grade crossings will be properly secured to allow for 110 mph speeds. All the crossing will either be removed, separated, or will get quad gates.
Brightline is not HSR nor is it even remotely close to being HSR. It's the same kind of diesel Siemens train that runs on the same freight track as the 110 mph Amtrak Wolverine and Lincoln Service.
I hope CA HSR gets a good chunk of money from the forthcoming FSP grants. That’ll do wonders for the project. They could probably finish preliminary design for the rest of the system outside of the valley and put the rest towards towards construction.
It's hilarious they haven't completed designs for all of it at once, every firm has to be subsidized on the gravy train. Great project but the cost and pace shows the glacial pace of projects in this region of the world
People hate but CA is building it! The amount of obstacles that HSRA had to overcome is crazy: dozens of NIMBY lawsuits, obtaining federal financing, extensive lobbying by efforts by car companies, the list goes on.
I wonder how much the airlines have tried to lobby against this. In the early 1990s Southwest Airlines lobbied against a Texas HSR project that got shut down. It wouldn’t surprise me if they were attempting a similar effort here, given they pretty much dominate the LA-SF market.
The train authorities have already stated that they want the FAA to restrict flights so as to boost train ridership. the train authorities are truly evil.
Yeah I wonder if caltrain will be able to offer something like this with their new sets next year. That would be incredible, like a super baby bullet to get you up there in like 30 min.
If BART did express trains with one stop between end of line and SF, they would attract way more ridership. 50 minutes from east bay to SF, 70 minutes to SFO is pointless.
@@travisfinucane " like a super baby bullet to get you up there in like 30 min." Impossible since the current track speed is 79 and isn't likely to increase in our lifetimes. To do it in 30 min you would have to average (not max, average) about 112 (56*2) if my math is right. Currently, with 79 mph maximum, they average 56 to SF. That might improve a little bit with fully electric trains, we'll see. The fastest would be a Joby S4 that could get you from SJC to SFO in like 10 minutes. Joby CEO said he was very confident he could start air taxi service in LA in 2024. We'll see. 🙂
@@bentubeblu "If BART did express trains with one stop between end of line and SF, " hmm. I would argue you want direct just SFO to Powell or Embarcadero. Maybe also an express run from Oakland, although, If you're in Oakland, you mainly want express to OAK not SFO. 🙂
To the People who think this wont be completed Japan First HSR Was proposed in the 1930s it opened in 1964. It was Delayed For 20+ years. The Cost Skyrocketed from 200 billion - 400 billion. It was delayed even further because of WW2. Meanwhile in America Before WW2 We could build A Transcontinental Railway from Chicago - To the west Coast Repeatedly. We Can Electricity an Entire Corridor from NYC - DC With Certain Freight & Commuter Branches being electrified. We can Build a lot of Subway lines & Streetcars. For an Example The NYC subway. They built 20+ lines between less than years 1904-1940. & there a lot of Extensions. talk about a lot. Yet after the 1950s & 60s there was little expansion. While we are Building highways that go from Florida to California or from Florida to Maine. If we can fill up our country with highways that just Tear Up Cites Separate Neighborhoods. Pollute the Air. Then we can Built HSR all over our countries Just like China. So no excuses why we can’t built HSR. We actually behind the Developed world when it comes to transit Look at Europe & Asia. To the people who think that we don’t need this. Y’all are Car-Centric. & Most highways are Outside US cites yet y’all don’t say that. I hope a change can happen Where are public Transit get funded, Have Walkable Streets, Have Transit in our Highway-Oriented suburbs. & Hopefully we would Catch up to the rest of the developed world in future. Watching Trains in Europe just makes me want to move there even more. Hopefully a change can happen
The point is that, besides grade separating high speed rail, they also separate cars from _existing rail_. This is a real plus for safety and speeding up auto traffic.
@@someperson_12345 I think they're saying the video highlights the side-benefit of all this construction removing dangerous and inconvenient crossings from existing freight rail, and the general public doesn't know this.
Yup. It's interesting that people call these projects "boondoggles" because they're too married to the idea of their lifted duallies with Punisher skulls on the back to even think of using trains... without realising the massive costs that their lifted duallies impose on the taxpayer by shredding roads clean of asphalt every 3 years.
The Fresno station design seem very mature, the use of the former one mixed with a new building make the necessary link to the past ant bring HSR in the right place! 😍😍😍 Go California ! GO !
She's back! My favorite commentator! Keep it rolling. So many folks don't understand that this project will bring nice economic growth to the areas it surrounds. Thanks.
This project is bringing huge economic hardship do to the taxes being imposed, a huge debt placed on our grandkids. The nation has a 30 trillion dollar debt yet the feds are funding this crazy train. Our grand kids will curse our memory for the tax enslavement we are imposing on them.
California may double or triple funding from cap and trade. Federal grants of $3 B this year and $5 B in 2025 may enable CAHSR to begin service on the Merced to Bakersfield segment in 2027, SF-BFD segment in 2032 and the entire SF-Anaheim route in 2038 on the 30th anniversary of Prop 1A.
"Federal grants of $3 B this year and $5 B in 2025 may enable CAHSR to begin service on the Merced to Bakersfield segment in 2027, SF-BFD segment in 2032" I don't think there will be any federal grants. Last time they applied they were turned down. SF-BFD, as currently planned, would require a tunnel under 151. I highly doubt that ever gets built. I do, however, think Capitol Corridor will be improved in terms of "higher speed rail" and that will allow people to get out to Merced a little faster. But since you will only be able to get to Bakersfield on the train, and then it's a two hour bus ride to LA, most people will still fly. Most will fly regardless, as it is by far the fastest method from SF to LA and always will be.
@@neutrino78xYes, they were turned down earlier this year. Hoping a Christmas grant comes this tiime. Those are very optomistic dreamy timelines l will gladly admit. Perhaps you meant the San Joaquins which connects to Merced rather than the Capitol Corridor, though both do serve Sacramento. Higher speed upgrades will be great. But yes about Bakersfield. After this valley segment l would prefer tunneling directly to LA via the Tejon Pass l-5 route rather than the Pacheco Pass tunnels that you doubt will ever get built. Connect to San Jose by upgrading to higher speeds the Altamont Pass route that connects to the San Joaquins for the Merced connection. A little slower but much cheaper.
@@davidjackson7281 "Hoping a Christmas grant comes this tiime. " Not me, I hope they never get any money beyond what we voted for in 2008. Not a dime more. The Governor already said, Merced to Bakersfield is where it stops. "erhaps you meant the San Joaquins which connects to Merced rather than the Capitol Corridor, " No, I meant Capitol Corridor. To get from SJ to Merced to get on this stupid project, you would use Capitol Corridor to connect to the San Juaquins. San Juaquins doesn't need to be upgraded because people can use This Stupid Project instead. I very much support Higher Speed Rail, that is to say, upgrading the existing coast line (where the Coast Starlight goes), without hanging a wire. This other thing is very stupid and I am proud I voted no.
Great to see progress being made. Saw some of the future right of way when I was in Central California back in September. Hope this actually follows through, but I honestly won't believe it until I see it.
Pending a $2.8 billion federal grant that should be announced in the coming days, the initial 119 miles under construction will be 100% funded with two electrified tracks and six trainsets, as well as the Fresno station and final design work on the Merced and Bakersfield extensions (along with advancing design work on the SF and LA extensions). There is enough funding secured and identified to complete the Merced to Bakersfield segment by 2030-33 and start revenue service. It’s getting to SF and LA that is dependent on more funding yet to be identified, and CAHSR is actively seeking additional funding sources and preparing those extensions for construction so it can begin once funding is secured. CAHSR’s goal is and always has been reaching SF and LA/Anaheim, and are putting in the work to make that happen with the resources they have available.
It took years for the project to finally begin but I still envy Californians for this! Meanwhile my country is barely keeping it up with infrequent and crumbling decades old diesel trains.
Riding the trains in Germany and across Europe was a revelation its time we embrace rail in this country and its great to see us doing so in california!
A big challenge (and cost) of this project is carving out and establishing alignments for passenger rail around and through areas that have already been built up and developed. It's unfortunate that so much of California (and America) was built out AFTER cars, and even more so how short-sighted politicians were in CA during the early and mid 20th century to not set aside or preserve any alignments. Stilll, they're fixing it now and it'll be incredible once it's done!
California, and much of the US, had good if not great transit systems in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mostly trolleys within cities and interurbans between them. The two biggest in California were the Pacific Electric in SoCal and Key System in the Bay Area, as well as the Sacramento Northern that once ran between SF and Sacramento, and all the way up to Chico. All of it was scrapped in the mid-1900s in favor of the automobile and buses. Part of that had to do with National City Lines buying up failing streetcar systems around the country and replacing them with buses, but it also had as much to do with we the consumers choosing cars over trains. By post-WW2, and really the 1930s, trains were seen as growingly outdated while the new shiny car and the freedom and mobility it offered was much more appealing. We turned our backs on transit, and now we’re trying to bring it back. Many of those old right of ways are gone, but those that remain are seeing new life, including for new transit lines. Just as LA and the Bay Area were relatively quick to get rid of their old systems, they’re arguably two of the leading places in the country to rebuild them. While they won’t be able to bring back the original systems, what they are doing is a great effort and one that’ll help relieve our dependency on cars.
@@davidgenie-ci5zl Depend on your car? If you're in a suburban/exurban area or a rural area, yes you are correct. If you are in an urban area, you are wrong.
In Fresno work continues on relocating buried pipes that are in the path. Water, sewer, and gas lines need to be dug up and rerouted around the future track. This has been going on for the last 5 years and still more to do. People get impatient and wonder why you can't just go out and start laying track tomorrow.
@dfirth224 any source on if they're upgrading or repurposing and relocating existing pipes? I'm curious if Fresno is getting new water, sewer, gas lines. If so, that's a great win.
One of the reasons that I absolutely love living in California is because of projects like this. We are lucky to be alive and livin in the USA/California!
A lot of really good progress has been happening lately. It's really great to see that the project is still going with good designs. With how long it's taking it would be frustrating if it suddenly cut corners to get done faster.
The union station reconstruction project may come sooner than expected now they got a 3rd partner, which would be Brightline West’s high speed project from LA Union Station to Las Vegas
@@davidgenie-ci5zlDamn you for not knowing how to spell damn & for arrogantly referring to the 4m people in the CV as living in "nowhere" you obnoxious city elite.
Many call it a train to nowhere, but I think this will help to further establish Fresno as a truly major city in California. I know people who drive clear to Fresno for various specialty items and repair work now.
It’ll definitely explode Fresno and make it a major suburban city, people will be able to live in Fresno and commute to either SF or LA for work. This will explode the entertainment, shopping and restaurant businesses for Fresno as it caters to these new commuters
It's on par with Shinkansen lines if not faster, though even Japan is trying Maglev trains for Tokyo - Osaka route that can cut down 1 hour. Overall a 2.5 hour travel from LA to SF is not slower than planes right now if you count the time you spend travelling to the airport, waiting in the airport, etc.
Excited for this project. Keep it up! Regarding the train set renderings, though: please no 3-2 seating. The best thing about trains is no middle seats.
wish the tough tunneling parts could get started now to get ahead of the schedule for the rest of the lines. we need federal help until we can build the national expertise and it only gets easier from there
@@SoloPilot6 considering that California contributes the most to the US federal budget, yes, you should invest in places that give better returns. Every country that has high speed rail gets massive benefits lol. You have to build up expertise and supply lines for doing from scratch in a new country, next projects will become cheaper
@@Jay-nk6dm California takes more than they contribute, thus are a net loss for the rest of the taxpayers. Other countries with HSR are more suited to it, and even then, it never makes a profit. This means that the rest of the country will be paying for the Crony Express for however long it operates. After all, if this was such a great idea, private companies would have done it years ago.
@@smelliotttt Oh, yeah! Every semi you see on the highway is paying by the mile to be there. Every single one, every single mile. And now there are schemes to directly tax passenger cars the same way, on top of the nearly 50 cents per gallon taxes at the pump and the other taxes at every stage of fuel production and distribution. The highways are a cash cow for governments, which is why they are able to take a lot of that money for "public transportation" and for boondoggles like the Crony Express. In addition, the highways bring money into every town they touch. Just as the railroads did in the 1800s, the highways of the 1900s linked the local economies together. Many towns which were bypassed in the Interstate highway boom of the 1950s - 1970s have withered and even died completely. Passenger rail started losing money about 100 years ago, first in places like Southern California. By the 1970s the only way to keep them running was for the taxpayers to start footing the bills, and for the handful of profitable lines in the Northeast to hold up unprofitable lines.
A few things that caught my ear... a structure thats 3500 feet long? what exactly was that again? second, public input on the 4 central valley stations, make sure they demands are kept in check, otherwise you might end up getting too lofty of goals and it ends up like the SF Bay Bridge rebuild that ended up costing way more than it should have cost all because everyone wanted a "symbol"
Yay! This is such great news! We need High Speed Rail just like all the other great countries have. I'm in China now and we just rode their High Speed train from Shanghai to Guiyang (1,000 miles in 8 hours). The train was packed. Ticket price was $107. We walked through a park in Guiyang (the capital of Giuzhou province) and there was many large billboards talking about the history and accomplishments of the city and the province. One billboard really stood out to me. It was about the High Speed Rail projects in Guizhou province. In 2016 they decided to install 2,500 km of High Speed Rail. To date they have built 1,500 km and should have the rest done in a few years. Folks, Guizhou is a very hilly province. There is a saying amonst the locals that you can't walk more than 3' of level ground in Guizhou. They are famous for their many bridges that I'm sure some of you have seen pictures of. So there you have it. When thinking of this I think of the Hanford Flyover sitting there with rebar rusting into the sky for the past 5 years I've driven past it.
Y'all. This is the second time i've seen this... 6:20 when you talk about this intersection, you need to show the before AND AFTER so people understand why the current setup is dangerous, and what ALL the changes to the finished intersection will look like. Because right now it looks like the overpass alone is the only change, and it's unclear how that solves anything without also showing the road redesign.
Great update (where's Ralph Vertebetian when you need him). Glad to see so much more progress has been made. And I'm glad he mentioned the redlining and what was done to minority communities in this country. People don't realize yet how much of a benefit this will be to this city and all the other cities it connects.
I hope that these underpasses are like Dutch underpasses, where bicycles and pedestrians don't have to go down as far as cars and trucks. I also hope that we can get to see some more platform screen doors. Those are important, and I'd argue they're especially important around high speed trains like this. Glad to see another construction update, can't wait to ride this someday!! Keep up the good work y'all!!! ❤❤❤
I love that this project is actually progressing. BUT, that giant parking lot is awful... It would be so much better to build housing, offices, and shops around transit stations. Walking/biking to and from transit would be infinitely more viable, along with a bunch of other benefits. Still happy to see high speed rail nonetheless.
I think it's great to see the project continuing, especially when everyone is so damn gong ho on electric vehicles, you know those electric cars that make you sit around like some bad ass kid in time out and then offers you a short and shitty range just so they can say, "i dont have to buy gas!" Lol!!! I bet travel is a pain in the butt. Well now you can sit and travel in an electric train with a much greater range.
I'm encouraged to see the Authority press the gas pedal, let's press on it more. More jobs, more work. Don't rush it, but as this work is going well, you can put more on your plate
The Fall 2023 presentation has, to my recall, the first station concept with tracks exposed--with only two tracks but earlier discussions/drawings indicating six tracks for allowing SFO/SAC-LA non-stops to pass intermediate/local stopping trains. With stops calculated at 3 minutes plus another minute to stop and reaccelerate for each intermediate station between LA and SFO, the non-stop completes the travel about 48 minutes (12 intermediate stations x 4 minutes each stop) quicker. Even the Hanford viaduct and station shows plans to get "local" trains out of the way of non-stop trains. So question is: are all intermediate stations being planned to get two trains off the main track in both directions? Thank you.
This boondoggle is going to cost $100 billion. Assuming a 4% interest rate, every Californian would need to spend $100 a year to cover interest alone. 2 1/2 hours is not practical to commute and when you land at your destination, you have no car in mostly car dependent cities. Think what $100b could do for our local city transportation instead where you actually could get decent ridership numbers.
Cushions lying around in the train = not a good idea. Bart was too over upholstered and carpeted when it launched in the 70s. Now it has clean, wipeable seats and hard floors. No cushions or upholstery that can be ripped off or thrown around (because this isn't Japan...)
High speed rail in California is a boodoggle. The State of California punted all oversight to private engineering consulting firms. There has been zero oversight of waste, fraud, and abuse. Locals were informed well ahead of time of planned routes. So they bought up real estate early on to profit by getting "fair market value" settlements by way of government eminent domain proceedings.
I have a farmer friend who has property near Shafter CA. They CHSR wanted a piece of his property for their use, so he named an outrageous price for it, thinking they would counteroffer him down. They didn't, they just paid it. THAT kind of waste makes me angry.
@@W7DSY I was a professional civil engineer in government service. I tried to stop the gross waste, fraud, and abuse of over a HALF BILLION DOLLARS by at least 30 California counties of Federal Highway Administration local assistance aid to replace substandard county bridges. Caltrans was in on the scam. My professional board's Enforcement Unit white washed and rejected all of my complaints. The Office of Inspector General for the FHWA didn't give a damn. The Northern District Federal Court in San Francisco didn't give a damn. The California State Bureau of Audits under AG Kamala Harris did not give a damn. I suffered retaliation and was forced out on stress leave without pay for over 4.5 years. When I was down to my last $4,000 in life savings, I was forced to retire. The California State Workers Compensation Board did not defend me. The California State Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement's Retaliation Complaint Investigation Unit (RCIU) refused to defend me. California is corrupt to the core. No one cared. Not even the news media.
"Way ahead," lol Brightline isn't high speed rail so while they may be "way ahead" now, their trains will be slower than CAHSR (and probably have less accidents).
I think that the cawtrain and the California bullet train shouldn't share tracks. In the northeast corridor, this is the greatest problem with Amtrak acela bullets. They can't open them up to full speed capabilities because they are on shared tracks with the slow and lethargic freight trains. All over and around the globe, Bullet technology has their own tracks and footprints. You start placeing other crap on the tracks, there goes your full intended services. You'll spend the next 10 decades on how to fix this. Trust me Amtrak is still trying to do the same thing. How do i fix this?
The biggest problem here is the lack of space in the Bay Area (and the Los Angeles area too) which makes building a proper high-speed line difficult especially since the benefits there are relatively marginal. On top of that, this is also true of European high-speed trains so "all over and around the globe" also is kind of misleading.
@@MarioFanGamer659 yes difficult but not impossible. To take something difficult and construct a Highspeed unit to co exsist with it's left over terrain would be a fine exsample of human achievement. For Example, Who in the hell would ever think you can put a Highspeed bullet line beneath the english channel? What a magnificent achievement! What about the Pennsylvania turnpike? They blew away and built tunnels through the blue mountains, 7 ranges,( 7 !!(RANGES)!!! that's 7 mountain ranges to make way for the interstate called the Pennsylvania turnpike! This highway began construction in the 1880s. This is long before the time of our current technological advancements such as the current machinery, computer technology, GPS, drones and other fine advancements we have today. 60 years later in the fall of 1940, the four lane highway was completed. Still to this day it is considered to be a technical engineering marvel. This is the United States of America. Here's another one for you my blind friend. America's, that's right, The mighty United States of America build the first trans continental railroad. This 1,911-mile railroad line began construction in 1863, the same time the civil war was going on!! Also long before technology, this railroad was built on the blood and sweat of our american, (AMERICAN!!) forefathers. It was completed in 1869. So don't tell me that the American people can be stopped by geological structure. Dont tell me we can't do something especially with all this great technology we have. Don't talk to me about how costly it would be when the government can give away, GIVE AWAY!! Over 7 trillion dollars in stimulus packages during the pandemic. Eventhough we have all these technical machinery that could more than aid us, today's american generation is very lazy, just like you, always coming up with a reason not to do something instead of simply doing it. Let me see America, for once, roll up their sleeves and put it up! Just like we did in the times af this country's development. California has a great time in history, to be the first state in the United States to provide Highspeed bullet train technology. Don't fk that up......
I prefer American made jets over this stupid train This train is a step backwards, a huge waste, a huge drain on the taxpayers. the airlines make a profit and still pay taxes. this train just takes taxes and will never make a profit, or even break even. God dam this train
The more I learn about this project that benefits me directly, the more I'm rooting for ya. Of course I want it finished faster, but I haven't heard any downsides to the project yet, just public transit haters and Cali haters having their moment in the sun. That sweet, 103 degree Cali summer sun.
The stations where passengers both embark/disembark need to have multi-story condos/apartments that are within walking distance. This would allow commuters to more quickly get to work if they use HSR.
That’ll be up to the cities the stations are in, not CAHSR. Hopefully that will be the case though, along with other necessities like grocery and pharmacy but also luxuries like a movie theater and other entertainment, all within walking distance of each other and the HSR station. This project is a huge opportunity to not only give us a transformative new way to get across the state, but also to live in the cities it connects.
The cost of this project is absolutely mind-boggling, but I suppose it does provide significantly more value than some of the other things the government spends money on.
please tell us how we can help get this built faster! please I need HSR 😩 I had a taste of it in Japan and I'm fiending for some hsr infrastructure 😵💫
