Brightline West: Why California Is Building ANOTHER High-Speed Rail Line

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Brightline West: Why California Is Building ANOTHER High-Speed Rail Line
the United States still doesn’t have a single high-speed rail, and the only one under construction has failed to progress as planned. In the last 15 years, California High Speed Rail has made some progress, but the timeline for completion has been moved back by more than a decade and cost estimates have grown by the billions. However, a new company is striving to introduce high-speed rail to the US within a few years, and it appears to hold promise. Today let's examine why the newest initiative might just be America’s best chance for high-speed rail yet.
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0:00 America's Struggle To Build HSR
1:14 New Project Breaks Ground
2:16 Introducing Brightline West
5:12 Differences between CAHSR & Brightline West
9:08 America's Rail Revolution
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@user-yb9vk3dv6h Ай бұрын

13 Billion Budget approved to High speed rail Vegas to Los Angeles. 3 Billion budget approved to California speed rail

@WillTheBassPlayer Ай бұрын

This is the kind of thing. Construction in CA is already more expensive than in most places, and every time they gave CAHSR an insufficient budget, it makes it take way longer and cost exponentially more in the long run

@euniceibeh2873 2 күн бұрын

Great! At last, a Bright line idea in the Right direction to help the inhabitants of California. This transportation will surely boost travel rail system! Bravo! Californians!

@steveciccarelli3609 Ай бұрын

Who wants to fly out of LAX to Vegas? The train will beat spending hours around and thru LAX. Drop the car off at Rancho C. Train to Vegas, shuttle to hotel. Very easy. 😊 also beats those caravans driving to / from on 15.

@mrxman581 Ай бұрын

If you're coming from LA, what you describe would take the same amount of time as driving. No one is going to drive from LA to park in RC to take a train to Vegas. How much will the parking be? Will your car be safe, or will the Cat converter be gone once you get back to your car? And, on a Friday evening, it's a pain to drive to RC from LA. It's just not convenient.

@scotttild Ай бұрын

Yeah so you want to take a 4+ hour train ride rather then a 45 min flight. I guess you can't fix stupid. I guess the internet has to have some trolls to promote the absurd agenda.

@Geotpf Ай бұрын

@@mrxman581Well, taking the San Bernardino Metrolink line from Union Station is also an option. It should be running at least every half hour by the time this is open. They may even eventually run through trains once they electrify that line. In the meantime, I am sure much of the ridership will probably start off to be mostly from the Inland Empire and other places east of Los Angeles.

@DanielRidgewell Ай бұрын

I heard that Brightline is hiring companies like Siemens to built the First High Speed Rail in America so that’s good. Connecting Vegas to La, by I mean La, Rancho Cucamonga.

@cynthiagarytravel Ай бұрын

So happy they are finally building Beightline West!!

@thomaspaaruppedersen6781 Ай бұрын

LA - SF: Connecting homeless and fentanyl users across California. Sorry, but OMG things have changed for the two once stellar cities. LA - LV makes perfect sense, particularly due to the sparsely populated route. Also, for a serious weekend bender in LV, train transport is nearly ideal with more time in your seat, and less time in check-in/security/boarding lines.

@rickn501s Ай бұрын

Hurray for Brightline! Looks like a great investment to me! Brightline shouldn't have any problem raising the money to complete this project. Congratulations to a forward looking organization.

@PaulHenricksen Ай бұрын

Narrator sounds like AI

@p1xel1115 Ай бұрын

It is actually possible to train AI to create KZfaq videos, so I wouldn’t be surprised if that is the case.

@justSTUMBLEDupon Ай бұрын

Because it is

@laurencedorazio2798 Ай бұрын

What does "AI" sound like? Do you mean a voice synthesizer that's been around since the 1960s?

@arxligion Ай бұрын

@@laurencedorazio2798 wording and yes the fact that the voice is a robot

@laurencedorazio2798 Ай бұрын

@@arxligion It is not a robot, not an AI, not a cyborg, not an artificial brain, not an android. It instead is either stored or generated English phonemes being recalled and played by a super basic piece of software, since literally the 1960s although it sounds much better now. But you can think of it as a magical robot man from mars if you'd like.

@leonwilson1405 Ай бұрын

I believe someone was thinking about high speed rail when I-15 was designed the way it is.

@williacena Ай бұрын

Florida’s Brightline “built as americas first true high speed rail line”? That’s a joke right?

@ywc99411 Ай бұрын

The one in Florida is called higher speed rail, which is faster than regular but not fast enough to be called high speed rail.

@justSTUMBLEDupon Ай бұрын

I mean it’s higher speed rail than what we have 🤷🏾‍♂️

@Perich29 Ай бұрын

its a diesel train but its doing 125 MPH.

@williacena Ай бұрын

@@Perich29being diesel is not actually the issue. The thing is, 125mph is the bare minimum to be considered high speed. Brightline in Florida can indeed reach a maximum of 125mph, but it does that in only 17% of its total distance.

@JediTev Ай бұрын

CA High speed rail, that's THE joke! Right?

@user-dm4qg4tc9c Ай бұрын

I hope that Brightline builds a H.S. Rail line from LA to San Diego, running in the middle of the 5 and 405 freeways, maybe with a Monorail or Maglev . That should be fast and cheap. They could start ASAP and finish in time for the LA Olympics too.

@kim.jong.skillz Ай бұрын

So that's part of phase 2 of the California high speed rail LA-SF line. You can look into it, it won't be in time for the Olympics in 2028 though.

@user-dm4qg4tc9c Ай бұрын

@@kim.jong.skillz You understand how to erect your future. I have not met with anyone who thinks on these terms. Some gave negative opinions about why it could not be done. You are the first who said it can be done. That is successful thinking.

@shivamchaudhry5959 Ай бұрын

I get that higher pay in the USA makes construction expensive and also the higher quality control measures but still they really need to cut down costs. There has to be a way that they achieve it.

@tonyburzio4107 Ай бұрын

The reason for Brightline is the yet to be built city of New Vegas and the second International Airport near the state line.

@nvmcrider8475 Ай бұрын

It’s ridiculous that you have to get ground transportation to the strip after arriving in Vegas. If the Vegas politicians weren’t blowing the taxi authorities, maybe we could get rail to the strip

@user-ll2nd5mp7x Ай бұрын

Brightline will probably pick up the slack by finishing the LA to SF and LA and SD lines

@mike10241978 Ай бұрын

Each ticket to ride will pay for the project itself and expect to receive more money than it will receive from ticket sales. This will include expanding travel to any city in the future.

@mike10241978 Ай бұрын

The trick is build all rail system now with no cast the ticket price will pay for the project.

@relaws52 Ай бұрын

The freight train companies won't allow Amtrak to service LA to LV.

@Geotpf Ай бұрын

No, Amtrak previously had service to Vegas. It was called the Desert Wind. They eliminated that train in 1997 due to budget cuts and the fact that it party duplicated the Southwest Chief (both started in Los Angeles and ended in Chicago; they just took different routes to get there).

@Geotpf Ай бұрын

Brightline is a much simpler project. Not fully double tracked, slower trains, fewer stations, reused right of way. Good for what it is, but a much smaller, simpler, cheaper project that does a lot less than the CHSR system intends to do. Perfect for a simple Vegas run, though.

@AndrewLambert-wi8et Ай бұрын

HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF USA DOLLARS. HOW LONG IS THE RAILWAY LINE? IS IT OKAY IF I COMPARE WITH PROJECTS IN ALL THE NATIONS WITH SIMILAR PROJECTS?

@JediTev Ай бұрын

STOP YELLING, PLEASE!

@navajojohn9448 Ай бұрын

People in West Palm Beach Florida using the BL train to commute to Fort Lauderdale for work just about 47 miles each way just got a monthly ticket (40 one way trips) price increase. It was $399 and now it will be $1400.00. Enjoy the train.

@feanacar Ай бұрын

Thank the big oil companies for us, not having a better rail system

@mrxman581 Ай бұрын

No, it's the fault of the private freight railroad companies that own the vast majority of the track ROWs in the USA.

@darthmaul216 Ай бұрын

⁠@@mrxman581it’s both. Also airlines, and automotive companies

@ToneStevens Ай бұрын

Same price as a flight? I’d just fly the 45 min.

@darienmiller1032 Ай бұрын

Don't forget the two hours at the airport initially, as well as baggage claims and other airport BS at the end. Trains are way simpler, pull up to the station 15 minutes before the train leaves, and carry as much as you want on it. This is a legit alternative for people who hate flying, and prefer the simplicity and comfort of trains.

@JediTev Ай бұрын

The CA (not so) High Speed rail SHOULD HAVE been built in the middle of I-5 instead of the almost 100 miles out of the way line thats being built. And before everyone starts whining "what about the cities in the Central Valley?" What about them? Its SF to LA High Speed rail, not SF to San Jose to Gilroy to Los Banos to Merced to Madera to Fresno to Kingburg to Hanford to Visalia to Bakersfield to Tehachapi to Mojave to Lancaster Palmdale to Santa Clarita to Saugus to Van Nuys to Burbank to LA. Just saying.... Brightline will be built and running before ONE train on CA (not so) High Speed rail is run.

@cynthiagarytravel Ай бұрын

Couldn’t agree anymore!

@Geotpf Ай бұрын

It is not exclusively a SF to LA service and never was. Plus, the Grapevine is too steep for high speed rail. You'd have to dig so many tunnels it would end up costing more and serve less places.

@angelmendez2211 Ай бұрын

no not going into all those very populated cities are waste of potential. Bakersfield can benefit for being a small metro area that is bigger population than Tampa Florida. Also many commute to la from those cities all the time.

@kim.jong.skillz Ай бұрын

Including 4 million people was always part of the plan, the fact your small mind doesn't understand that inst surprising. Ya let's leave out a possible 4m customers. Genius. The fact you think it'll cost less to have to carve out tunnels shows you don't have 1 clue about this.

@RovinTan Ай бұрын

Isnt elon's hyperpoop deployed in carlifornia?

@CallMeInfinite0000 Ай бұрын

No. Elon is a sham.

@user-dm4qg4tc9c Ай бұрын

Who is going to be made responsible for this delay and multiplication of costs? We elect people to do a job and they get away free for the corruption and ineptitude.

@kim.jong.skillz Ай бұрын

The republicans, they've literally been blocking public transit forever.

@stevengrey1505 Ай бұрын

The first one should of never been started

@soncarcorsol3603 Ай бұрын

Today is 40000 km high speed rail in China.😀

@ronhancock4607 Ай бұрын

Why do we only see men cuddling up, no men with women?

@ricflare6365 Ай бұрын

CALIFORNIA is not building a second HSR, Brightline is. That is the difference. People will be riding LA to Vegas for many years before the first person ever rides from SF to LA. Government efficiency

@darthmaul216 Ай бұрын

More like lobbyists and frivolous lawsuits

@Geotpf Ай бұрын

@@darthmaul216And the fact that this is a slower, simpler project than California High Speed Rail is with a pre-existing right of way.

@vincentperez4653 Ай бұрын

Key difference between CHSR and Brightline West is Wes Edens. Accountability vs. faceless bureaucrats.

@davidjackson7281 Ай бұрын

CAHSRA's woke culture is a big problem.

@darthmaul216 Ай бұрын

You think that government doesn’t have accountability? They have more accountability and oversight then private companies

@Airbender-kl7cu Ай бұрын

What a Joke. Cali didn't even Finnish the 1st one 🤣

@glentanner4770 Ай бұрын

This project should be done decades ahead of California High speed rail. We don't know what the F@%k we're doing, should have had the Chinese build it, just like our first railroad, would already have been completed by now.

@kim.jong.skillz Ай бұрын

Tofu dreg is not the answer.

@thomperry1187 Ай бұрын

Thanks to the not-so-bright line, Californians will be able to get to Vegas, and blow their money that much quicker.

@tonyburzio4107 Ай бұрын

Actually, Brightline has nothing to do with tourists.

@mrxman581 Ай бұрын

@@tonyburzio4107Of course it will. The vast majority of people taking the train will be tourists from California. That's who uses the 15 now.

@thomperry1187 Ай бұрын

@@tonyburzio4107 Only tourists blow their money in Vegas? Californians are too smart. Or is the bright line to make it possible for casino workers to live away from Vegas?

@JediTev Ай бұрын

@thomperry1187 are you really this clueless? Vegas is cheaper than California, maybe it'll make it easier for people to live in Vegas and work in California. 🤣😂🤣😂 Until California takes over Vegas and makes just as expensive as California. 😂🤣😂🤣

@thomperry1187 Ай бұрын

@@JediTev You are right I am clueless, about Vegas, anyway.

@namoi45 Ай бұрын

Give the contract to China. You will get 300+ mph and it would be finished before Chistmas 2025 if the Governments stay out of the way.

@FerNando-ys5hc Ай бұрын

High speed Rail?then make it 300mph not 125mph just like others huge country but lost to others"small countries" when it comes in techs 😂 You had a movie called: bullet speed: so why not make it real not only in films you're good 😊

@ddc163264 Ай бұрын

Brightline will be completed and running WAY before CA state HSP has even completed a full station and is doing testing. Also, will be profitable while CAHSP will be a tax draining boondoggle. CAHSP was and is just a way to funnel money to prime democrat donors. Who's going to ride from Merced to Bakersfield? That's the only part that they claim to be done by 2030, which still won't happen. The delays AREN'T from right of way problems. They could've don the same as Brightline and built it along the 99 corridor from Sac to L.A. then split off to the Bay area from the Manteca area or even farther south. Or even run alone the I-5 corridor split off at Santa Nella to hwy 101 and then service the valley by bus connections from Modesto, Merced, Fresno and Bakersfield until spurs could be built to shuttle people to those stations. Both would've been cheaper and quicker to build.

@mrxman581 Ай бұрын

So much of your comment is fantasy. BLW will not finish by 2028. Mark my word. Not even close. The single tracking of the vast majority of the route to save time and money is a huge mistake. They will realize it half way through and then double the cost and time estimates. The average speed will be around 100 mph because of the limitations of the si hle tracking and the huge steep grades along the route, especially at the El Cajon Pass and South of the Las Vegas Valley. They still haven't said how they will deal with the 6% grade for the Cajon Pass. No other HSR train in the world even comes close to navigating that kind of grade. The upper limit is 4%. BLW is definitely low balling the cost and time estimates to entice private investors. In fact, had they not gotten the $3 billion in federal funds and the additional $2.5 billion federal bonds, thos project wouldn't be happening.

@JediTev Ай бұрын

Thank you! I see there is someone sensible in here as well. I think Altamont would've been a better route. The current structures could be the fillers. The route could be built over Tejon with minimal tunneling.

@davidjackson7281 Ай бұрын

@@JediTev That's what l've been talking about forever.

@davidjackson7281 Ай бұрын

BLW is putting CAHSR to shame. Horray!

@darthmaul216 Ай бұрын

@@davidjackson7281in what way? One connects two cities while the other connects 8

@heingysen9875 Ай бұрын

Rancho Cucamonga is NOT Los Angeles. ANOTHER TRIP TO NOWHERE !

@beckysam3913 Ай бұрын

forget high speed trains, USA has not even walkable cities , bus transit, or tram that is frequent at any time, safe and clean and not even option to cycle safely is there. most mobility is done within city and suburbs, that needs to be invested. get your cities back in order first, for options outside of car dependency. USA does everything wrong, despite having ancestors from european countries, they butcher culture, traditions and progressiv anything. USA never heard of mandatory 6 week vacation each year for even parttime employers, for aprenticeship program students and any kind of jobs, even for cashiers and cleaners.

@scotttild Ай бұрын

Agree.

@davidjackson7281 Ай бұрын

Whatever country you are from ... stay there.

@peterwelby 24 күн бұрын

The US should close all military bases in Europe. Stop giving weapons to Ukraine., End NATO.

@mayachico9766 Ай бұрын

128 billion for a train. We could have faught 2 wars in ukraine with that....

@marcanthony8873 Ай бұрын

But we get to keep, use and benefit from this

@lyeseng Ай бұрын

Another? When was one ever built so how could there be another? There can only be "another" when there is already at least one, dodo. Even so-called "third-world' countries, like Indonesia, already have a HSR; Jakarta to Bandung, shortening a 5-hour drive to 40 mins.

@kevinm3751 Ай бұрын

So for the price of airfare I can spend an additional hour to get to my destination? How does that make any sense at all? I will do the logical thing and just fly! LOL, American dream... try American nightmare! Anytime the government is involved it will always be massively over priced, take forever to complete (if at all) and will be done half baked!

@acexrp6288 Ай бұрын

you dont just arrive at an airport and get right onto your plane and take off. You are meant to be there (way) earlier for obvious reasons. If people just want to show up barely before their flights, the industry would slow down with idiots late all the time. Security, delays, and all sorts of other things always have to be taken into account. Sure, I dont see it being 'much' different, but honestly I would be looking at that rail system as the less chaotic process after doing manyyyy flights in my life and knowing the random shitshow it can be.

@joesuarez3695 Ай бұрын

Criticism is good. Though I disagree with it, at times, it can motivate said organizations and/or projects to do better. Right on!!!@@acexrp6288

@fasdaVT Ай бұрын

You need to get to the airport 1.5 to 2 hrs before your fight, this train would take two hours and you might want to get to the station 10-20 minutes before your flight. So with bright line you'd be in your hotel before an airplane even lands.

@mrxman581 Ай бұрын

@@fasdaVTNot if you're coming from LA. And either drive and pay for several days of parking, or paying to take the 75 minute Metrolink ride from Union Station to RC.

@fasdaVT Ай бұрын

@@mrxman581 Even with 75 minutes to get to the initial station if it takes more then 20 minutes to get to your airport the train is faster. And that's even before the eventual extension which will bring it to Union station.

@jeremywoessner8136 Ай бұрын

High speed rail in America is a joke. Why cause freight trains have priority over the railways of America. So you have to lay brand new track that is dedicated to passenger trains only. Which in itself is a problem because Americans don’t use trains enough for passenger only rails too be laid

@DanielRidgewell Ай бұрын

Alan Fisher has a Better Topics.

@claudea9037 Ай бұрын

Brightline west from LA to LV has their own track 👍

@jeremywoessner8136 Ай бұрын

Even with that it will be one of the only ones that can turn a profit. Most people of America have no reason to use a train to travel

@CallMeInfinite0000 Ай бұрын

@@jeremywoessner8136It's called business trips and tourism.