Until the gas tax is raised we really are living in a weird country that perpetuates personal ( as in one person per car ) automobiles at the expense of everything else.
@@ecoRfan The gas tax has not kept up with inflation the roads are taking money out of the general fund.And if you really wanted to be fair all the people crippled in car accidents should get their check's from the gas tax not social security .Check out what people in other country's pay for gas.
I am REALLY tired of seeing other countries move ahead of us when it comes to railway infrastructure. China has built over 13,000 miles of high speed railway in the past 20 years. Europe continues to invest in its rail network by building the Gotthard base tunnel; they're currently working on the Brenner base tunnel, and so many other railway projects. Turkey now has a high speed railway, as does Morocco. The list is endless. What have we done in this country other than building light railways? Nothing. I really hope we get our head out of our behinds and DEMAND that we have world class high speed rail infrastructure. Otherwise, we will continue to be left behind.
As a Chinese, although I dislike the Chinese government (CCP), I still admit that CCP is highly efficient and far-sighted, one of the examples is the HSR network in China. In fact HSR is not the only project carried on in China, at the same time China also built the extensive freeway network that has surpassed the U.S. Interstate Freeway in length. I believe that the US society has relied too much on automobiles/highways, which made it difficult to switch to a transit-oriented country. Not only HSR and passenger rails, but also the bus networks, walkability, and the bicycle situation in U.S. cities, are seriously impacted by the car-oriented infrascture. It won't be changed completely since the 10 lanes freeways that cut the downtown cores are already there and highly relied by commuters
The best way to get people back on Amtrak is to reduce to price of long distance travel. I have traveled around America on Amtrak and enjoyed the experience
I hope that incentives are offered to freight railroads to accommodate the growth of Amtrak . There are wide and underused right of ways that could have tracks restored to enable speed and frequency of passenger trains without hindering the profitability of the freight Companies . I have personal experience with lengthy delays because of the above mentioned current conditions .
Ok I was very excited about this video and it did not disappoint. 1) Your footage of Crenshaw LAX is great - though hearing that about the grade seps is WILD. 2) Its nuts that they are doing the LAX people mover as a cast in place. 3) Great footage broadly, cool to see such a comprehensive video!
Thanks a lot man! It’s interesting how (airport) people movers never really receive the opposition that other transit projects often do. I’m not at all saying the LAX PM isn’t important, but $5bn for a 2.25 mile project is like a lot lol.
@@TheFourFoot Don't understand why the LAX people mover and the planned Inglewood people mover don't connect. Running from LAX straight to the stadium would have been so simple.
I don’t know either. I suppose it’s theoretically possible to dream that maybe one day, either one of the systems may be extended down century boulevard and meet each other at an interchange station because I’m sure the two systems will use incompatible cars/automation. You’re right, though, it seems like a no brainer.
@@TheFourFoot they could have built a 10 or 20-mile Skytrain for that kind of money. California and New York City make the rest of the United States and Canada seem like paragons of efficiency, not to mention the rest of the world.
i am with you 1000% about the need for amtrak to offer more than one train a day on intercity routes (to say nothing of the ones which were thrice weekly prior to the pandemic). every single route needs to run AT LEAST twice a day and a couple could certainly support three daily trips. that would really boost ridership. additionally, the new corridors that have been floating around need to be pursued and at a much swifter timeframe than the by 2035 date that i've seen suggested. last (and perhaps most importantly) but certainly not least, upgrades need to be carried out to raise average running speeds. sure, true 220 mph high-speed service might not fit everywhere. but where 110-125 mph are reasonably feasible, that should be pursued as well as incremental upgrades to other corridors to get their speeds up as well. the goal should be at least a 70 mph average running time for all services, with faster service being achieved where practical.
They need brand new rail lines for high speed. Either build the new line above old rail lines going in and out of cities or build next to highways going in and out of cities. Once its out the city get away from the old rail lines or interstates so they can make as straight as possible. Make a date of 2030 to complete some of these lines at this point it should be a demand in the infrastructure bill.
First of all thank you for using both miles and kilometers when talking about the length of the lines. Although I got somewhat used to think in miles it's nothin I'm too familiar with as I'm from Europe. Great to see some of the rail projects across the US; Although probably having a hard time in many areas it's still nice to see that they're trying to get passenger rail a step forward... finally.
I wonder if it would be feasible to build a high speed rail line from new york to chicago. 2 largest cities, some moderate size cities in between, prob takes u 3 hours max.
If a High Speed Main was constructed between NYC and Chicago. That line won't just have to be used just for passenger trains but also High Speed freight trains too.
@@gregessex1851 when you knpw how to arrange freight trains around the timetable of passenger trains you can get slow and fast passenger trains and freight trains all on the same track
Love it that you give figures in both imperial & metric, thank you! Anything that'll keep pushing the metric system forward in this country is welcome! ;)
Reading how METRA and SEPTA are beginning to move to a more regional rail approach gives me SOME hope. Meanwhile I stare at the transit networks in my backyard (NYC) and SMDH half the time.
I really do hope that for the Crenshaw Line's Centinela Grade separation, that they pursue a shoe fly so that the line can remain open for at least part of the 23 month closure. The delays that have plagued the line is truly disheartening :(
It sure is! I’m sure they’ll fit a shoefly in somehow, but they’re pretty clear about the bus bridge. I’m guessing the 3rd track just east of the grade separation was built for this GS to be built.
The way the Crenshaw line has been designed, built and treated thus far, is outward, irrefutable evidence and proof of how deeply pervasive and powerful the "we really don't give a DAMN about public transportation in America" attitude actually is. It truly explains why we treat our public transportation so badly. The U.S. is, let's face it, downright hostile toward its public transit and passenger rail systems. We can't make the kind of progress which China and other countries around the world are making, because we have NO desire whatsoever to do so. LONG AGO, we Americans decided that ANYTHING foreign countries do (like build fast trains or provide good universal health care for all, regardless of income), we are specifically NOT going to do here, if for no other reason than to PROVE how SPECIAL, UNIQUE and DIFFERENT our country is, compared to everyone else's! This means NO high speed rail will likely EVER see the light of day in any of our lower 48 states, and certainly not in Alaska or Hawaii. The California High Speed Rail construction project will continue to limp along for a few more months at its present slower-than-a-snail's-pace, and then only until California Governor Gavin Newsom is voted out of office in the Special Recall Election this Fall. If Newsom is recalled, he will most likely be replaced by a hard-core-right-wing governor who - guess what? - will immediately upon taking office in January, 2022, order the State of California and its High Speed Rail Authority to cease and desist from all construction activities, shut down its work sites and required to demolish and remove all traces of the infrastructure it has built. If and when this happens, a message will be driven home loud and clear: that we Americans will NEVER again allow public taxpayer money to be spent on high speed trains anywhere in our country, because these trains run totally counter to the long-established grain of our fly-and-drive culture, around which our entire economy is now structured. We're not about to yield one inch! We don't NEED and we don't WANT high-speed trains in our country, period! THIS, sadly, IS the American attitude.
It seems obvious to me that rail roads ought to be treated no different from asphalt roads - as public goods, publicly owned and maintained for the good of all. Nobody asks our city streets or intercity highways to "pay for themselves" (for the most part - and toll roads are an abomination & I'm not fond of toll bridges either). Why should we demand that our bus, tram and train systems do so? We should spend the money it takes to build and maintain a proper infrastructure befitting a first-world nation out of the general fund of resources we pool for that purpose, because that's what a modern civilization _does_ . The profit comes from being able to do whatever it is you do, making use of that infrastructure and being able to take it for granted _because_ you've already paid for it. And there's no need to pit one thing against another - HSR vs inter-city rail using abandoned/under-utilized ROW vs municipal transit. There's more than enough money around to do all of that, and more. It's just that the people with the money don't want us looking at _them_ so they (or rather, their spokespeople in government and media) shout and point their fingers over _there_ instead. How many miles of HSR track could Bezos pay for out of his _net gain_ over the course of the pandemic? How many municipal trams could one F-35 buy? Those are the kind of questions we need to keep asking. Joe Biden may be fond of rail, on some level, and will almost certainly be better than his predecessors as President on that score. But he doesn't think like this; almost nobody in government does. And so my expectations remain low. Additional note: the one project that really pisses me off that was supposed to happen and looks like it's not anymore, is the rail tunnel from 4th/Townsend and the Transbay Station, extending soon-to-be-electrified CalTrain and (eventually) HSR from the edge of town to the heart of downtown. That one little bit of tunnel would make a huge difference for CalTrain, making it so much more convenient and therefore desirable; for MUNI, since MUNI is now tasked with shuttling all those CalTrain passengers from nowhere to somewhere, which puts a strain on the system as a whole; and for the long-awaited HSR to be able to go between downtown SF and downtown LA as fast or faster than flying (factoring in transit between respective downtowns and respective airports, TSA and all the other airport hassle) - though admittedly the latter is so long-awaited that it's in the realm of sci-fi, regardless that it's 20th century tech.
Absolutely boss. The potential value of railroads is incredible considering their actual monetary value. Barring anti-trust issues, Bezos or Amazon could just buy UP or one of the other class 1’s and would have an enormous logistics network at their disposal just like that. Not saying that’s a good thing or going to happen, but buffet just buying one of the worlds largest railroads for $44bn puts them into perspective. Compare that with financing say a private road network or something insane like that, and they’re pretty good value for money.
@@TheFourFoot I'm more for taking that money - via a wealth tax and/or marginal income tax on multi-millionaires & billionaires - and putting it into the general fund, to pay for the things we all need and they use (and take for granted) to make profits with. That way, _we_ can decide where to put what and how to do it, rather than leaving it to billionaires to dictate for their own private purposes.
@@TheFourFoot And here I am, living in NJ with my two options to get to downtown NY other than car is bus which gets stuck in terrible holland or lincoln tunnel traffic. Or take the train which gets stuck in its own traffic going through the tunnels of which are falling apart to Penn Station 🥲. Also the train tends to get stuck at a bridge crossing before the tunnels because of course the bridge gets stuck way to often. I know you focus on rail transportation, but have you heard of the Essex-hudson greenway project here in NJ? If actually built it would be possibly the best thing to happen to Jersey City, Newark, etc.. other than building a pedestrian bridge to NY, I guess a ferry will have to do. Reopening of the lackawanna plus that would be simply just amazing
@@dwc1964 I would be with that, but it would need to be on a federal level. If done by states they'll just move to a different state or threaten to do so
The Ethan Allen express expansion into Burlington vt is moving ahead. Amtrak station signs have gone up recently and they are doing work thru the pandemic. Track work is even happening in winter they just realigned tracks in Burlington
1. Upgrade the long-distance trains to offer a better experience. Keep the low-cost coach and sleeper cars but add first-class chair cars, sleepers cars, and lounge cars. 2. Improve the dining cars by having an articulated two-car kitchen and a dining car so as to increase the area available to each car. This will allow for a larger dining car, more seats, and a larger kitchen to support the larger dining car. 3. Long-distance Amtrak trains are often delayed hours because of freight trains. Pass legislation that puts Amtrak trains before freight trains. 4. Increase the amount of trackage in areas where there is congestion between freight trains and passenger trains (many railroads have removed the second track) and buy trackage where possible.
WMATA Silver line phase II opening has been pushed into 2022 because of various unresolved issues and WMATA's post turnover testing and certification schedule. The cracks in the concrete panels has been resolved. The new branch has more systems built into it then what built into then what was build into the system in the from the 1970s to late 1990s.
Around 13:00 Other suitable corridors in my opinion include: - Portland, OR to Vancouver (Canada) via Seattle, WA - Los Angeles, CA to Tucson, AZ - Miami, FL, to Jacksonville via Orlando or Tampa (part of it already exists and is being further expanded as Brightline) - Texas Triangle: Houston to Dallas, Houston to San Antonio, San Antonio to Dallas (Houston Dallas is about to be built as Texas Central) - Chicago, IL to Minneapolis, MN via Milwaukee, WI - Chicago, IL to Detroit, MI - Chicago, IL to Indianapolis, IN - Detroit, MI to anywhere in Ohio - NYC or Boston to Montreal or Toronto via Upstate NY - Washington DC to Atlanta, GA or cities in SC and NC maybe? - Denver, CO to Albuquerque, NM - Los Angeles, CA to Denver, CO via Las Vegas, NV and Salt Lake City, UT (LA-LV already being built as Brightline West. The line might be too long for a LA-Denver trip, but the cities in between are in perfectly reasonable distances to make HSR suitable) There's more I can think of, but these are the ones that come to my mind 😂😂😂😂 but yeah, despite the big size of the country and sparse population of the USA, there are plenty of American cities within reasonable distance (in my opinion, up to around 1000 km) to make HSR suitable.
@@TheFourFoot Well, with Biden as the new president of the USA, I'm very optimistic that the country will finally have world class public transport just like ours in Europe! Including, but not limited to, high speed rail, extensive metro and tram (streetcar)/light rail systems, 100% electrified rail network etc.
What stands out in many of the videos are the huge freeways right next to new railways. Add that to some of the cheapest petrol on the planet and it is amazing that you can get any ridership.
@@TheFourFoot It's not just Americans. It's interesting that people travel to places like Paris and marvel at how great it would be to live in a place where you could walk or metro anywhere yet would go crazy if they had to pay the real cost of petrol, live in a smaller house and not have three parking spaces with every house.
From comments in my previous video, it sounds like there was some private funding they were waiting on or something like that. I fail to believe that an agreement couldn’t have been reached to include it originally if they wanted to, but it is what it is.
From San Diego, California (which is featured here), I didn't know that Inglewood was getting a people mover at 1:43! Thanks for the info on that, and more! I even subscribed to you!
This country is based off of self interest instead of the greater good and what's best for everyone, that's why we focused more on cars and sprawling out instead of improving public transit and city development. Sooner or later we are all going to have to live urban and denser or we will have destroyed all wildlife habitat and have no more land to build on. The sooner we start focusing on urban development, the more progress and improvements will be made when our population desperately needs it.
This was a great rollup video! Loved the note at the end about the uncertainty around post-COVID recovery. I think too many people are personally relishing in the shortsighted prediction of the death of cities and the success of the widespread work-from-home experiment. I think your evaluation was spot on as far ss the trends we might see and the unquestionable need to secure investment in transit and intercity rail.
12:55 To build 200mph high speed railways, land/track is a big issue. Even California HSR has not acquired all the land needed yet... Does NE corridor have the luxury to acquire land necessary for dedicated HSR lines?
The Union Square station here in Boston just opened yesterday and people are already complaining about it, whether it's because it seemed rushed, gentrifying the Union Square area, or some weird receipt verification process at only Lechmere and Union. Doesn't change the fact people ARE complaining. I could care less about their reasons because I can now be able to stay on the green line and go to places I haven't really ever been to mostly because the train and stations didn't run through the area. There's also talks about them opening up the other extension late this year or early next year.
The DC Metro Silver Line is 4 years late (opening in 2022), but the first phase was also 2 years late LOL. If you need more info for your future video about it, LMK!
@@TheFourFoot Also the city of Los Angeles is getting new subway cars for the Red and Purple line from China called the CRRC HR4000 but it will just be a test train.
I've been watching your videos for the past several months and am very interested in the dialog you bring up about the need to keep trains (for all kinds of transportation needs) alive and as maintained as airports and highways. It's unfortunate that politics get in the way of the need and the overall demand for faster, better more efficient transportation needs. Having been close to the California High Speed Rail Project since it was first proposed and dealing with master planning for the Southern California area for over 40 years, my best observation is that we need every kind of transportation method as California's population will push upwards to 60 million people around mid century. I would hope that people wake up and realize that the need to develop mass transit systems for the future is upon us now. Thanks for the great job you are doing and I look forward to more fantastic videos soon.
Thanks a lot! Absolutely. Putting all your eggs in basket is never a good solution to any problem, especially transportation. All systems have flaws and experience disruption, but a diverse transportation portfolio can mitigate the effects of disruptions.
@@TheFourFoot Completely agree with kind of thinking. It also requires a bit of vision as well. Too bad a lot of that kind of stuff is no longer allowed in our society. If it is, it's quickly trashed as something that is totally off the charts or can't be done. Say "Can't be done" to Elon Musk...
Well, Biden introduced his infrastructure bill after you did this video and it does include support for expanding Amtrak, HSR, and several other public transit programs. Rail service is needed because having a multi-model means of travel is paramount for a modern society to flourish. Just imagine if we only relied on trucks and planes to move stuff? Just like freight trains are a necessity so is commuter rail service.
It sure is a necessity. People that have only ever commuted by car have no idea how much better commuting could be with decent, reliable, comfortable commuter trains!
@@TheFourFoot As a Seattle resident, I'm incredibly excited for our and other cities' expansions this year. I'm glad there's somebody to make videos like this that give detailed updates!
Washington and Oregon are 2 or the 5 states I haven’t been to, and that sorely needs to be rectified! Sound Transit’s expansions are very exciting indeed!
Well I’m other news rather great news Amtrak plans to get service up and running between New Orleans and Mobile Alabama as early as January of 2022. Amtrak sent a letter to all freight railroads and told them they want get this running and they have had enough of how long it was taking for the study that was supposed to take 7 months. As for as I know the only railroad that has yet to say yes was CSX and they said they are willing to talk with Amtrak. I sure hope this gets done ppl will be able to live in mobile and catch the morning train in to New Orleans for work... I’m really excited about this project
I am not confident about Biden when it comes to the rest of Amtrak's network besides the NEC. The fact that Amtrak actually received some of its highest funding in history under the last Republican administration thanks to some Midwest Republican senators wanting to protect the LD routes through their states, while Biden had been pretty quiet about his vision for Amtrak's future. In the end, I expect the status quo to be upheld and LD's will return to daily services. We might see some NEC infrastructure upgrades, the Gateway if I'm optimistic.
Not sure if intercity transit will improve. Already work from home policies have changed the housing market and people seem to move back to their home towns or seem to commute less.. Maybe intra city transit can get a boom but that is only if urban housing is allowed to develop rather than suburban housing. Plus it has to be affordable. Only time will tell where the world moves. Thanks for the great video
For sure. I don’t pretend to have any insight, and I have noticed more people moving back home first hand. Time will certainly tell though, lol. Thanks!
I'm fairly skeptical of the idea that work from home will have as large an impact as some people predict. For sure there will be an impact, but not that much IMO. I live in NZ where we had pretty strong lockdown measures so everyone that could work from home did for a month or two and then we fully opened up (for 6 months anyway). After a few months of normal work patterns, most the vast majority of people were back to work from the office, and traffic on the motorway network was just as bad as pre-pandemic. And IMO traffic, and how rapid transit competes with it in time and convenience is the largest driver of ridership. There will definitely be a lasting impact, and ridership might take a few years to recover to pre-pandemic levels, but I think it almost certainly will. And with some strategic spending will continue to improve.
@@jackgibbons6013 Some workplace environments will resume after pandemic is over and hence people commuting to work. But for example in the Bay area and Bellevue and Seattle, many companies have offered WFH as a permanent solution. This resulted in the drop in the housing market as many moved back to their hometowns than having to pay steep rents. These people used the Caltrain and BART regularly. Now the same services are impacted. I know that this might be minuscule, but if such a trend continues then it can have an impact to funding of the improvement of such services which was thought necessary pre-pandemic period.
Projects such as Amtrak High Speed corridors and others will continue IMO as those compete to a different segment - airlines and cars. So there is still a market for those modes of transportation options. Commuter transit rely heavily on local residents commuting. When that dips - revenues will dip.
One project which is crucial to the rail network is to run San Joaquin trains over the Tehachapi‘s into Lancaster and Palmdale and down to Los Angeles. If the freight railroads will not let Amtrak run the trains to Los Angeles then another track needs to be built over the Tehachapi mountains. Today is a cold and rainy day in Los Angeles and to ride a bus on the 5 freeway to Bakersfield is ridiculous. We have a great system in Northern California as well as southern California but it needs to be connected. As for California high-speed rail the current plan stops at Bakersfield. Something needs to be done to get down to Southern California!!!! Like I said today it is a cold rainy day and riding the bus on the 5 freeway is ridiculous
For sure. HSR will eventually get to LA, but it’s taking way too long. It would have been nice if California followed through with the plan to double track Tehachapi pass in the early 2000’s.
The easiest option would be to build a bypass just for passenger rail. The Loop was built when trains couldn't handle the same grades that they could today
I've heard the same thing! In January 2022, the _Sunset_ _Limited,_ which currently runs from Los Angeles to New Orleans, will be extended to Mobile. This will be the first time Mobile has been serviced by Amtrak since the temporary suspension of _Sunset_ _Limited_ service from New Orleans to Orlando in 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. When this section of the _Sunset_ _Limited_ reopens, I will be able to go from my home city of San Diego to Mobile in just two Amtrak trains! For more information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_Limited
Yet another superb, informative video! Thank you. I hope that the Biden administration can affect colossal changes in the coming years. The challenges (Covid, Republican recalcitrance, general skepticism, etc.) remain formidable; nonetheless, as Americans begin to re-imagine what their cities can be/should be, excellent public transport is requisite.
The gas tax would encourage everyone to either get an electric car or ride public transit. I think most people will choose the latter as its much cheaper.
Hopefully lol. California is doing another test this year to try and determine an alternative road funding mechanism. But yeah, public transit is ultimately cheaper for the user...
Democrats: Lets spend 1.9 trillion, half of which is redundant waste, half of which is really important, and just hope we will have enough senators to support an infrastructure bill (meanwhile this is the perfect time to build). Republicans: lmao govt spending bad just reopen. Our proposal, with not enough spending and a quarter of it being waste is a good idea.
@@ecoRfan which is why the whole system needs to be rebuilt from the ground up including a new Constitution. The present one is suitable only for a moral and religious people -- moral doesn't mean sexually correct by the right-wing Christian perspective and neither does religious. Quasi-religions like organised Atheism will do.
I did it as a joke because people are always jumping on me in the comments for pronouncing names wrong. Case in point, my most recent video, I apparently pronounced Tremont incorrectly.
Until the gas tax is raised we really are living in a weird country that perpetuates personal ( as in one person per car ) automobiles at the expense of everything else.
I love the freedom of having my own car and being able to play my music at whatever volume I want.
@@davidfrischknecht8261 Yes all 7 Billion people on earth I'm sure would love that too. That's scary.
@@davidfrischknecht8261 I have lived in London and Montreal. I loved the freedom of not having a car.
Forget the gas tax. It’s about what percentage of government spending is on infrastructure. US lags behind most of the world there.
@@ecoRfan The gas tax has not kept up with inflation the roads are taking money out of the general fund.And if you really wanted to be fair all the people crippled in car accidents should get their check's from the gas tax not social security .Check out what people in other country's pay for gas.
I am REALLY tired of seeing other countries move ahead of us when it comes to railway infrastructure. China has built over 13,000 miles of high speed railway in the past 20 years. Europe continues to invest in its rail network by building the Gotthard base tunnel; they're currently working on the Brenner base tunnel, and so many other railway projects. Turkey now has a high speed railway, as does Morocco. The list is endless. What have we done in this country other than building light railways? Nothing. I really hope we get our head out of our behinds and DEMAND that we have world class high speed rail infrastructure. Otherwise, we will continue to be left behind.
China actually did that in only 10 years. In the past 10 years, China also poured more concrete than the US did since 1900.
@@zilfondel Isn't it incredible? And here we are still chugging along on Amtrak with 20th (in some cases, 19th) century railways.
As a Chinese, although I dislike the Chinese government (CCP), I still admit that CCP is highly efficient and far-sighted, one of the examples is the HSR network in China. In fact HSR is not the only project carried on in China, at the same time China also built the extensive freeway network that has surpassed the U.S. Interstate Freeway in length. I believe that the US society has relied too much on automobiles/highways, which made it difficult to switch to a transit-oriented country. Not only HSR and passenger rails, but also the bus networks, walkability, and the bicycle situation in U.S. cities, are seriously impacted by the car-oriented infrascture. It won't be changed completely since the 10 lanes freeways that cut the downtown cores are already there and highly relied by commuters
@@qjtvaddict RIGHT!
@@qjtvaddict you are stupid then
The best way to get people back on Amtrak is to reduce to price of long distance travel. I have traveled around America on Amtrak and enjoyed the experience
I hope that incentives are offered to freight railroads to accommodate the growth of Amtrak . There are wide and underused right of ways that could have tracks restored to enable speed and frequency of passenger trains without hindering the profitability of the freight Companies . I have personal experience with lengthy delays because of the above mentioned current conditions .
Ok I was very excited about this video and it did not disappoint.
1) Your footage of Crenshaw LAX is great - though hearing that about the grade seps is WILD.
2) Its nuts that they are doing the LAX people mover as a cast in place.
3) Great footage broadly, cool to see such a comprehensive video!
Thanks a lot man! It’s interesting how (airport) people movers never really receive the opposition that other transit projects often do. I’m not at all saying the LAX PM isn’t important, but $5bn for a 2.25 mile project is like a lot lol.
@@TheFourFoot Don't understand why the LAX people mover and the planned Inglewood people mover don't connect. Running from LAX straight to the stadium would have been so simple.
I don’t know either. I suppose it’s theoretically possible to dream that maybe one day, either one of the systems may be extended down century boulevard and meet each other at an interchange station because I’m sure the two systems will use incompatible cars/automation. You’re right, though, it seems like a no brainer.
@@TheFourFoot they could have built a 10 or 20-mile Skytrain for that kind of money. California and New York City make the rest of the United States and Canada seem like paragons of efficiency, not to mention the rest of the world.
Who else noticed the Twin Cities METRO cars in the shot of the sac factory for the Link cars
If you want to see more of them lol... th-cam.com/video/J3gC4eZHJiI/w-d-xo.html
i am with you 1000% about the need for amtrak to offer more than one train a day on intercity routes (to say nothing of the ones which were thrice weekly prior to the pandemic). every single route needs to run AT LEAST twice a day and a couple could certainly support three daily trips. that would really boost ridership. additionally, the new corridors that have been floating around need to be pursued and at a much swifter timeframe than the by 2035 date that i've seen suggested. last (and perhaps most importantly) but certainly not least, upgrades need to be carried out to raise average running speeds. sure, true 220 mph high-speed service might not fit everywhere. but where 110-125 mph are reasonably feasible, that should be pursued as well as incremental upgrades to other corridors to get their speeds up as well. the goal should be at least a 70 mph average running time for all services, with faster service being achieved where practical.
Absolutely!
Amtrak twice daily runs offer overnight accommodations, libations, restful slumber, continental breakfast and reboard daylight run 12-hours later.
They need brand new rail lines for high speed. Either build the new line above old rail lines going in and out of cities or build next to highways going in and out of cities. Once its out the city get away from the old rail lines or interstates so they can make as straight as possible. Make a date of 2030 to complete some of these lines at this point it should be a demand in the infrastructure bill.
@@artlewellan2294 with options for a full breakfast and other full meals on daylight runs
@@edwardmiessner6502 Fancy meal evening hours. Coffee and pastries all day long.
First of all thank you for using both miles and kilometers when talking about the length of the lines. Although I got somewhat used to think in miles it's nothin I'm too familiar with as I'm from Europe.
Great to see some of the rail projects across the US; Although probably having a hard time in many areas it's still nice to see that they're trying to get passenger rail a step forward... finally.
I wonder if it would be feasible to build a high speed rail line from new york to chicago. 2 largest cities, some moderate size cities in between, prob takes u 3 hours max.
It’s definitely feasible! And necessary! Just a pesky matter of funding lol
If a High Speed Main was constructed between NYC and Chicago. That line won't just have to be used just for passenger trains but also High Speed freight trains too.
@@thetrainguy1 Will that work? Freight, even high speed, reduces the frequency and speed of passenger trains.
NY to Chicago is about 800 miles. Add in a few stops in between and that could easily be 5 hours or more.
@@gregessex1851 when you knpw how to arrange freight trains around the timetable of passenger trains you can get slow and fast passenger trains and freight trains all on the same track
Love it that you give figures in both imperial & metric, thank you! Anything that'll keep pushing the metric system forward in this country is welcome! ;)
Reading how METRA and SEPTA are beginning to move to a more regional rail approach gives me SOME hope. Meanwhile I stare at the transit networks in my backyard (NYC) and SMDH half the time.
I really do hope that for the Crenshaw Line's Centinela Grade separation, that they pursue a shoe fly so that the line can remain open for at least part of the 23 month closure. The delays that have plagued the line is truly disheartening :(
It sure is! I’m sure they’ll fit a shoefly in somehow, but they’re pretty clear about the bus bridge. I’m guessing the 3rd track just east of the grade separation was built for this GS to be built.
@@TheFourFoot Well thats a damn shame :( That line has just become such a disappointment with all of the closures it gets
It sure is...
The way the Crenshaw line has been designed, built and treated thus far, is outward, irrefutable evidence and proof of how deeply pervasive and powerful the "we really don't give a DAMN about public transportation in America" attitude actually is. It truly explains why we treat our public transportation so badly.
The U.S. is, let's face it, downright hostile toward its public transit and passenger rail systems. We can't make the kind of progress which China and other countries around the world are making, because we have NO desire whatsoever to do so. LONG AGO, we Americans decided that ANYTHING foreign countries do (like build fast trains or provide good universal health care for all, regardless of income), we are specifically NOT going to do here, if for no other reason than to PROVE how SPECIAL, UNIQUE and DIFFERENT our country is, compared to everyone else's!
This means NO high speed rail will likely EVER see the light of day in any of our lower 48 states, and certainly not in Alaska or Hawaii. The California High Speed Rail construction project will continue to limp along for a few more months at its present slower-than-a-snail's-pace, and then only until California Governor Gavin Newsom is voted out of office in the Special Recall Election this Fall. If Newsom is recalled, he will most likely be replaced by a hard-core-right-wing governor who - guess what? - will immediately upon taking office in January, 2022, order the State of California and its High Speed Rail Authority to cease and desist from all construction activities, shut down its work sites and required to demolish and remove all traces of the infrastructure it has built.
If and when this happens, a message will be driven home loud and clear: that we Americans will NEVER again allow public taxpayer money to be spent on high speed trains anywhere in our country, because these trains run totally counter to the long-established grain of our fly-and-drive culture, around which our entire economy is now structured. We're not about to yield one inch! We don't NEED and we don't WANT high-speed trains in our country, period! THIS, sadly, IS the American attitude.
Yeah, Jos, unfortunately you might be right.
It seems obvious to me that rail roads ought to be treated no different from asphalt roads - as public goods, publicly owned and maintained for the good of all. Nobody asks our city streets or intercity highways to "pay for themselves" (for the most part - and toll roads are an abomination & I'm not fond of toll bridges either). Why should we demand that our bus, tram and train systems do so?
We should spend the money it takes to build and maintain a proper infrastructure befitting a first-world nation out of the general fund of resources we pool for that purpose, because that's what a modern civilization _does_ . The profit comes from being able to do whatever it is you do, making use of that infrastructure and being able to take it for granted _because_ you've already paid for it.
And there's no need to pit one thing against another - HSR vs inter-city rail using abandoned/under-utilized ROW vs municipal transit. There's more than enough money around to do all of that, and more. It's just that the people with the money don't want us looking at _them_ so they (or rather, their spokespeople in government and media) shout and point their fingers over _there_ instead. How many miles of HSR track could Bezos pay for out of his _net gain_ over the course of the pandemic? How many municipal trams could one F-35 buy? Those are the kind of questions we need to keep asking.
Joe Biden may be fond of rail, on some level, and will almost certainly be better than his predecessors as President on that score. But he doesn't think like this; almost nobody in government does. And so my expectations remain low.
Additional note: the one project that really pisses me off that was supposed to happen and looks like it's not anymore, is the rail tunnel from 4th/Townsend and the Transbay Station, extending soon-to-be-electrified CalTrain and (eventually) HSR from the edge of town to the heart of downtown. That one little bit of tunnel would make a huge difference for CalTrain, making it so much more convenient and therefore desirable; for MUNI, since MUNI is now tasked with shuttling all those CalTrain passengers from nowhere to somewhere, which puts a strain on the system as a whole; and for the long-awaited HSR to be able to go between downtown SF and downtown LA as fast or faster than flying (factoring in transit between respective downtowns and respective airports, TSA and all the other airport hassle) - though admittedly the latter is so long-awaited that it's in the realm of sci-fi, regardless that it's 20th century tech.
Absolutely boss. The potential value of railroads is incredible considering their actual monetary value. Barring anti-trust issues, Bezos or Amazon could just buy UP or one of the other class 1’s and would have an enormous logistics network at their disposal just like that. Not saying that’s a good thing or going to happen, but buffet just buying one of the worlds largest railroads for $44bn puts them into perspective. Compare that with financing say a private road network or something insane like that, and they’re pretty good value for money.
@@TheFourFoot I'm more for taking that money - via a wealth tax and/or marginal income tax on multi-millionaires & billionaires - and putting it into the general fund, to pay for the things we all need and they use (and take for granted) to make profits with. That way, _we_ can decide where to put what and how to do it, rather than leaving it to billionaires to dictate for their own private purposes.
@@TheFourFoot And here I am, living in NJ with my two options to get to downtown NY other than car is bus which gets stuck in terrible holland or lincoln tunnel traffic. Or take the train which gets stuck in its own traffic going through the tunnels of which are falling apart to Penn Station 🥲. Also the train tends to get stuck at a bridge crossing before the tunnels because of course the bridge gets stuck way to often. I know you focus on rail transportation, but have you heard of the Essex-hudson greenway project here in NJ? If actually built it would be possibly the best thing to happen to Jersey City, Newark, etc.. other than building a pedestrian bridge to NY, I guess a ferry will have to do. Reopening of the lackawanna plus that would be simply just amazing
@@dwc1964 I would be with that, but it would need to be on a federal level. If done by states they'll just move to a different state or threaten to do so
Me too! Lol
The Ethan Allen express expansion into Burlington vt is moving ahead. Amtrak station signs have gone up recently and they are doing work thru the pandemic. Track work is even happening in winter they just realigned tracks in Burlington
Nice G-scale models in the bookshelf there 😮
Thanks lol. I’m sure this one isn’t going to get a ton of views, but hopefully I send a few your way...
@@TheFourFoot I just got to the 13:40 mark, thanks! And idk the algorithm is confusing, I can never guess what will gain views and which ones won't...
For sure!
hey Four Foot. When's your next video on SoCal light rail, CHSR coming out? Looking forward to these. Thanks for your content!
1. Upgrade the long-distance trains to offer a better experience. Keep the low-cost coach and sleeper cars but add first-class chair cars, sleepers cars, and lounge cars.
2. Improve the dining cars by having an articulated two-car kitchen and a dining car so as to increase the area available to each car. This will allow for a larger dining car, more seats, and a larger kitchen to support the larger dining car.
3. Long-distance Amtrak trains are often delayed hours because of freight trains. Pass legislation that puts Amtrak trains before freight trains.
4. Increase the amount of trackage in areas where there is congestion between freight trains and passenger trains (many railroads have removed the second track) and buy trackage where possible.
Amtrak is already given priority by law, the FRA just needs to enforce it.
Nice job, I was looking forward to this video
I’m glad you liked it!
Can’t wait for Metro Rail Projects To be Done. Good Video
Thanks a lot!
WMATA Silver line phase II opening has been pushed into 2022 because of various unresolved issues and WMATA's post turnover testing and certification schedule. The cracks in the concrete panels has been resolved. The new branch has more systems built into it then what built into then what was build into the system in the from the 1970s to late 1990s.
Around 13:00
Other suitable corridors in my opinion include:
- Portland, OR to Vancouver (Canada) via Seattle, WA
- Los Angeles, CA to Tucson, AZ
- Miami, FL, to Jacksonville via Orlando or Tampa (part of it already exists and is being further expanded as Brightline)
- Texas Triangle: Houston to Dallas, Houston to San Antonio, San Antonio to Dallas (Houston Dallas is about to be built as Texas Central)
- Chicago, IL to Minneapolis, MN via Milwaukee, WI
- Chicago, IL to Detroit, MI
- Chicago, IL to Indianapolis, IN
- Detroit, MI to anywhere in Ohio
- NYC or Boston to Montreal or Toronto via Upstate NY
- Washington DC to Atlanta, GA or cities in SC and NC maybe?
- Denver, CO to Albuquerque, NM
- Los Angeles, CA to Denver, CO via Las Vegas, NV and Salt Lake City, UT (LA-LV already being built as Brightline West. The line might be too long for a LA-Denver trip, but the cities in between are in perfectly reasonable distances to make HSR suitable)
There's more I can think of, but these are the ones that come to my mind 😂😂😂😂 but yeah, despite the big size of the country and sparse population of the USA, there are plenty of American cities within reasonable distance (in my opinion, up to around 1000 km) to make HSR suitable.
Absolutely! I say build em all, let the GAO sort em out.
@@TheFourFoot Well, with Biden as the new president of the USA, I'm very optimistic that the country will finally have world class public transport just like ours in Europe! Including, but not limited to, high speed rail, extensive metro and tram (streetcar)/light rail systems, 100% electrified rail network etc.
I really hope so!
@@TheFourFoot So do I. Fingers crossed.
What stands out in many of the videos are the huge freeways right next to new railways. Add that to some of the cheapest petrol on the planet and it is amazing that you can get any ridership.
Yes. You’re absolutely correct lol
@@TheFourFoot As Marge Simpson once said, "Homer won't have gone too far, he thinks only losers catch public transport" or words to that effect.
For sure. A lot of people hold that attitude lol. I think a lot of Americans think the same of everyone walking and riding bicycles as well.
@@TheFourFoot It's not just Americans. It's interesting that people travel to places like Paris and marvel at how great it would be to live in a place where you could walk or metro anywhere yet would go crazy if they had to pay the real cost of petrol, live in a smaller house and not have three parking spaces with every house.
For sure lol
Yes its here! Also why didnt thrg build the crenshaw grade seperated from the start?
From comments in my previous video, it sounds like there was some private funding they were waiting on or something like that. I fail to believe that an agreement couldn’t have been reached to include it originally if they wanted to, but it is what it is.
From San Diego, California (which is featured here), I didn't know that Inglewood was getting a people mover at 1:43! Thanks for the info on that, and more! I even subscribed to you!
Thanks a lot! I’m glad you liked it!
This country is based off of self interest instead of the greater good and what's best for everyone, that's why we focused more on cars and sprawling out instead of improving public transit and city development. Sooner or later we are all going to have to live urban and denser or we will have destroyed all wildlife habitat and have no more land to build on. The sooner we start focusing on urban development, the more progress and improvements will be made when our population desperately needs it.
This was a great rollup video! Loved the note at the end about the uncertainty around post-COVID recovery. I think too many people are personally relishing in the shortsighted prediction of the death of cities and the success of the widespread work-from-home experiment. I think your evaluation was spot on as far ss the trends we might see and the unquestionable need to secure investment in transit and intercity rail.
Thanks a lot! I’m glad you liked it!
12:55 To build 200mph high speed railways, land/track is a big issue. Even California HSR has not acquired all the land needed yet... Does NE corridor have the luxury to acquire land necessary for dedicated HSR lines?
The Union Square station here in Boston just opened yesterday and people are already complaining about it, whether it's because it seemed rushed, gentrifying the Union Square area, or some weird receipt verification process at only Lechmere and Union. Doesn't change the fact people ARE complaining. I could care less about their reasons because I can now be able to stay on the green line and go to places I haven't really ever been to mostly because the train and stations didn't run through the area.
There's also talks about them opening up the other extension late this year or early next year.
The DC Metro Silver Line is 4 years late (opening in 2022), but the first phase was also 2 years late LOL. If you need more info for your future video about it, LMK!
Can't wait for the CATS Gold Line to open.
For sure! I’m going to head down there in a month, it would sure be nice if it were open lol
@@TheFourFoot Also the city of Los Angeles is getting new subway cars for the Red and Purple line from China called the CRRC HR4000 but it will just be a test train.
I've been watching your videos for the past several months and am very interested in the dialog you bring up about the need to keep trains (for all kinds of transportation needs) alive and as maintained as airports and highways. It's unfortunate that politics get in the way of the need and the overall demand for faster, better more efficient transportation needs. Having been close to the California High Speed Rail Project since it was first proposed and dealing with master planning for the Southern California area for over 40 years, my best observation is that we need every kind of transportation method as California's population will push upwards to 60 million people around mid century. I would hope that people wake up and realize that the need to develop mass transit systems for the future is upon us now. Thanks for the great job you are doing and I look forward to more fantastic videos soon.
Thanks a lot! Absolutely. Putting all your eggs in basket is never a good solution to any problem, especially transportation. All systems have flaws and experience disruption, but a diverse transportation portfolio can mitigate the effects of disruptions.
@@TheFourFoot Completely agree with kind of thinking. It also requires a bit of vision as well. Too bad a lot of that kind of stuff is no longer allowed in our society. If it is, it's quickly trashed as something that is totally off the charts or can't be done. Say "Can't be done" to Elon Musk...
For sure. I just threw up a video dabbling in visionary ideas lol
Well, Biden introduced his infrastructure bill after you did this video and it does include support for expanding Amtrak, HSR, and several other public transit programs. Rail service is needed because having a multi-model means of travel is paramount for a modern society to flourish. Just imagine if we only relied on trucks and planes to move stuff? Just like freight trains are a necessity so is commuter rail service.
It sure is a necessity. People that have only ever commuted by car have no idea how much better commuting could be with decent, reliable, comfortable commuter trains!
Great video! Thank you for the update!
Greatest video of the year lets gooooo
Thanks a lot!
@@TheFourFoot As a Seattle resident, I'm incredibly excited for our and other cities' expansions this year. I'm glad there's somebody to make videos like this that give detailed updates!
Washington and Oregon are 2 or the 5 states I haven’t been to, and that sorely needs to be rectified! Sound Transit’s expansions are very exciting indeed!
@@TheFourFoot Definitely. Seattle and Portland have (and I'll admit I'm slightly biased) two of the best light rail systems in the country.
For sure lol
Looking forward to the R211a pilot set! Any day now…
Let’s hope lol
Thanks for the great overview
Thanks a lot!
Where's muh caltraisn. Very well put together video.. informative and right to the point
Twitter recently had a high speed rail map of the USA go viral! also, I just found out the California HSR's running into trouble....again. :/
Well I’m other news rather great news Amtrak plans to get service up and running between New Orleans and Mobile Alabama as early as January of 2022. Amtrak sent a letter to all freight railroads and told them they want get this running and they have had enough of how long it was taking for the study that was supposed to take 7 months. As for as I know the only railroad that has yet to say yes was CSX and they said they are willing to talk with Amtrak. I sure hope this gets done ppl will be able to live in mobile and catch the morning train in to New Orleans for work... I’m really excited about this project
I hope it gets running soon!
Or take a train from New Orleans to Mobile and back to enjoy another city's Mardi Gras!
I am not confident about Biden when it comes to the rest of Amtrak's network besides the NEC. The fact that Amtrak actually received some of its highest funding in history under the last Republican administration thanks to some Midwest Republican senators wanting to protect the LD routes through their states, while Biden had been pretty quiet about his vision for Amtrak's future. In the end, I expect the status quo to be upheld and LD's will return to daily services. We might see some NEC infrastructure upgrades, the Gateway if I'm optimistic.
For sure, unfortunately I think you might be right.
There is also the DART sliver line which his under construction.
I know I totally missed that one last year. I think I’ll have to rectify that with a video on it lol
Why are these lines still using antiquated low speed rail projects
Because not everything has to be fast
Not sure if intercity transit will improve. Already work from home policies have changed the housing market and people seem to move back to their home towns or seem to commute less.. Maybe intra city transit can get a boom but that is only if urban housing is allowed to develop rather than suburban housing. Plus it has to be affordable. Only time will tell where the world moves.
Thanks for the great video
For sure. I don’t pretend to have any insight, and I have noticed more people moving back home first hand. Time will certainly tell though, lol. Thanks!
I'm fairly skeptical of the idea that work from home will have as large an impact as some people predict. For sure there will be an impact, but not that much IMO. I live in NZ where we had pretty strong lockdown measures so everyone that could work from home did for a month or two and then we fully opened up (for 6 months anyway). After a few months of normal work patterns, most the vast majority of people were back to work from the office, and traffic on the motorway network was just as bad as pre-pandemic. And IMO traffic, and how rapid transit competes with it in time and convenience is the largest driver of ridership. There will definitely be a lasting impact, and ridership might take a few years to recover to pre-pandemic levels, but I think it almost certainly will. And with some strategic spending will continue to improve.
@@jackgibbons6013 Some workplace environments will resume after pandemic is over and hence people commuting to work. But for example in the Bay area and Bellevue and Seattle, many companies have offered WFH as a permanent solution. This resulted in the drop in the housing market as many moved back to their hometowns than having to pay steep rents. These people used the Caltrain and BART regularly. Now the same services are impacted. I know that this might be minuscule, but if such a trend continues then it can have an impact to funding of the improvement of such services which was thought necessary pre-pandemic period.
Projects such as Amtrak High Speed corridors and others will continue IMO as those compete to a different segment - airlines and cars. So there is still a market for those modes of transportation options. Commuter transit rely heavily on local residents commuting. When that dips - revenues will dip.
From what I read it appears that the corporates are demanding the _status quo ante,_ that is, the way things were before Covid, which wasn't working
The CLAX Line has been visually confirmed to have the designation K Line
MBTA Green Line extension: It's pronounced "leech-mere".
I noticed that, too. At least he didn't pronounce it "lekh-mere" after Lech Walensa (Polish 1980s union leader and politician)
North Atlantic Rail would be amazing for New England
It would nice lol
One project which is crucial to the rail network is to run San Joaquin trains over the Tehachapi‘s into Lancaster and Palmdale and down to Los Angeles.
If the freight railroads will not let Amtrak run the trains to Los Angeles then another track needs to be built over the Tehachapi mountains.
Today is a cold and rainy day in Los Angeles and to ride a bus on the 5 freeway to Bakersfield is ridiculous.
We have a great system in Northern California as well as southern California but it needs to be connected.
As for California high-speed rail the current plan stops at Bakersfield. Something needs to be done to get down to Southern California!!!! Like I said today it is a cold rainy day and riding the bus on the 5 freeway is ridiculous
For sure. HSR will eventually get to LA, but it’s taking way too long. It would have been nice if California followed through with the plan to double track Tehachapi pass in the early 2000’s.
I hope it does! My opinion is that Route 99 and Route 5 are the ideal corridor with a tunnel underneath the mountains
The easiest option would be to build a bypass just for passenger rail. The Loop was built when trains couldn't handle the same grades that they could today
there is a huge service gap throughout basically the entire midwest
Yes lol
I hear that the Sunset Limited will return to Alabama
That’s good!
I've heard the same thing! In January 2022, the _Sunset_ _Limited,_ which currently runs from Los Angeles to New Orleans, will be extended to Mobile. This will be the first time Mobile has been serviced by Amtrak since the temporary suspension of _Sunset_ _Limited_ service from New Orleans to Orlando in 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. When this section of the _Sunset_ _Limited_ reopens, I will be able to go from my home city of San Diego to Mobile in just two Amtrak trains!
For more information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunset_Limited
Thanks for your educational video, good day.
Glad you liked it, thanks!
Go in go.. USA !.Beautiful in beautiful video!. I love..Thank-you . Sal.from : New York cit.
Thanks a lot!
Good review. :)
Thanks a lot!
I’m still betting on a decent sized infrastructure package in a couple months.
I hope so...
Yet another superb, informative video! Thank you. I hope that the Biden administration can affect colossal changes in the coming years. The challenges (Covid, Republican recalcitrance, general skepticism, etc.) remain formidable; nonetheless, as Americans begin to re-imagine what their cities can be/should be, excellent public transport is requisite.
Absolutely! Thanks a lot!
Would put in. Chattanooga TN or ring gold in the future
The gas tax would encourage everyone to either get an electric car or ride public transit. I think most people will choose the latter as its much cheaper.
Hopefully lol. California is doing another test this year to try and determine an alternative road funding mechanism. But yeah, public transit is ultimately cheaper for the user...
Nicely done! Great share my friend. Big Like 303
Seattle putting everyone else to shame with a 4 car LRV
Especially the LA Metro blue line, with 3 car LRV and so-poor grade separation
TriMet can't even go beyond 2 because of Portland's small blocks
Well, that was depressing...
Unfortunately, yes lol. Let’s hope for a somewhat brighter future!
Democrats: Lets spend 1.9 trillion, half of which is redundant waste, half of which is really important, and just hope we will have enough senators to support an infrastructure bill (meanwhile this is the perfect time to build).
Republicans: lmao govt spending bad just reopen. Our proposal, with not enough spending and a quarter of it being waste is a good idea.
Basically summed up policy problems with the US government in a nutshell.
@@ecoRfan which is why the whole system needs to be rebuilt from the ground up including a new Constitution. The present one is suitable only for a moral and religious people -- moral doesn't mean sexually correct by the right-wing Christian perspective and neither does religious. Quasi-religions like organised Atheism will do.
BYEEEE HE USED GOOGLE TRANSLATE TO SAY CENTINELA AVENUE
I did it as a joke because people are always jumping on me in the comments for pronouncing names wrong. Case in point, my most recent video, I apparently pronounced Tremont incorrectly.
Also I pulled that clip from a TH-cam video, not Google translate.
@@TheFourFoot i was mistaken about google translate *cries*
It’s all good, I just wanted to put that out there lol
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Not pronouncing the street names on your own? Dafuq?
You forgot about Septa double decker coaches
You’re right, I did. I’ll look into em!