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They'd run into the exact same problems getting rights of way. There may be incompetence in administration, but it's not the only problem.
by creato 3y ago
They'd run into the exact same problems getting rights of way. There may be incompetence in administration, but it's not the only problem.
- njarboe 3y agoBrightline is a privately company building a bullet train from LA to Las Vegas opening in 2027. The same company recently completed a new bullet train from Miami to Orlando.
- bobthepanda 3y agoAn interesting feature of the Brightline West project is that it does not go deep into populated urban areas to save money. The terminus in Las Vegas is south of the airport and the Strip. The terminus in “LA” is in Rancho Cucamonga, 37 miles east of LA and in a whole different county. CAHSR was partially sold as a downtown revitalization project, and so has expensive full speed approaches into Fresno, Bakersfield, Merced, etc.
- woodruffw 3y ago> The same company recently completed a new bullet train from Miami to Orlando. Brightline is an accomplishment, but this significantly oversells it: the Orlando-Miami route tops out at 125mph, which is barely HSR by any normal standard. A good chunk of the route is on pre-existing lines that top out at 79mph. For comparison, trains on the LGV Nord (31 years old) operate at 190mph[1]. I hope they continue to invest in HSR, but I don't think we should settle for marketing here. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGV_Nord https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGV_Nord