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The Way is to build another high-speed rail line connecting Tucson to the new [Brightline West high-speed rail] station in Las Vegas (stopping in Bullhead and H
by vaxman 1y ago
The Way is to build another high-speed rail line connecting Tucson to the new [Brightline West high-speed rail] station in Las Vegas (stopping in Bullhead and Henderson), then a new segment from Vegas up to SLC. The Brightline West line under construction now should also be extended down from Rancho Cucamonga to Phoenix (stopping in Temecula and San Diego). A Boring Company loop is also badly needed to connect Temecula and Irvine (underneath the Cleveland National Forest), maybe meeting Brightline in Temecula and Metrostink in Irvine. It's probably also possible to do something like close the existing freeways during certain hours, like the Silver State Classic Challenge does annually, and run 200mph (Tesla) cars and 100mph electric semis, so Brightline doesn't need to be involved, but it's really not that hard to just lay e-train tracks out.
Why?
Because connecting existing cities with 220-250mph trains will maximize the current US Southwest infrastructure so we do not need to develop new federal lands.
[PS: The BLM and non-BLM region between Phoenix and Vegas is laced with Naturally Occurring Asbestos and the BLM region between Vegas and Tonopah, East to California is largely still radioactive or in active use by the federal government, so unsuitable for new city development.]