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That would be great if it could actually get built in the USA. Too many entrenched interests who want it to fail and/or want to skim off the project.

fortran77 1y ago
There's high speed rail in Florida that works.
- Philpax 1y ago
  Aside from the people it's killed: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article310829260.html https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article310829260.html (I love high-speed rail; I enjoy it in Europe. I think Brightline's implementation may need some work before it's scaled up.)
  - MoltenMan 1y ago
    From what I've seen the majority of the deaths are either a. intentional or b. really not the trains fault. That's not to say it isn't horrible that it happens, but IMO the solution is train safety awareness (don't stop on a railway crossing!!!), and if anything building more high speed rail in the US will improve public awareness of how to be safe around trains.
  - justinclift 1y ago
    > averaging one death every 13 days of service. Holy Shit. That's beyond just terrible.
    - justinclift 1y ago
      Thinking about that more, it's like a "real" version of truck-kun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck-kun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck-kun
  - namuol 1y ago
    This is ultimately scaremongering. First off, safety was supposed to be addressed by government funds which it sounds like only recently were approved; there’s nothing fundamentally unsafe about rail when you actually build it properly. But even if this were the baseline figure, do we really need to compare the death rate of our highway system?
    - justinclift 1y ago
      > But even if this were the baseline figure, do we really need to compare the death rate of our highway system? Wouldn't comparing it with other high speed rail be a better approach? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinkansen#Safety_record https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinkansen#Safety_record
- laurencerowe 1y ago
  Brightline is mostly 110mph with a few 125mph sections. Standard intercity speeds in Europe, the tier below TGV style high speed rail.
  - Agingcoder 1y ago
    That’s indeed not high speed - high speed ( tgv) is closer to 200mph.
- Freedom2 1y ago
  Depends on your definition of "high speed", considering how slow it is.

fortran77 1y ago

There's high speed rail in Florida that works.

Philpax 1y ago
Aside from the people it's killed: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article310829260.html https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article310829260.html (I love high-speed rail; I enjoy it in Europe. I think Brightline's implementation may need some work before it's scaled up.)
- MoltenMan 1y ago
  From what I've seen the majority of the deaths are either a. intentional or b. really not the trains fault. That's not to say it isn't horrible that it happens, but IMO the solution is train safety awareness (don't stop on a railway crossing!!!), and if anything building more high speed rail in the US will improve public awareness of how to be safe around trains.
- justinclift 1y ago
  > averaging one death every 13 days of service. Holy Shit. That's beyond just terrible.
  - justinclift 1y ago
    Thinking about that more, it's like a "real" version of truck-kun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck-kun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck-kun
- namuol 1y ago
  This is ultimately scaremongering. First off, safety was supposed to be addressed by government funds which it sounds like only recently were approved; there’s nothing fundamentally unsafe about rail when you actually build it properly. But even if this were the baseline figure, do we really need to compare the death rate of our highway system?
  - justinclift 1y ago
    > But even if this were the baseline figure, do we really need to compare the death rate of our highway system? Wouldn't comparing it with other high speed rail be a better approach? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinkansen#Safety_record https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinkansen#Safety_record
laurencerowe 1y ago
Brightline is mostly 110mph with a few 125mph sections. Standard intercity speeds in Europe, the tier below TGV style high speed rail.
- Agingcoder 1y ago
  That’s indeed not high speed - high speed ( tgv) is closer to 200mph.
Freedom2 1y ago
Depends on your definition of "high speed", considering how slow it is.