An 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

An 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.