What Went Wrong With California's High-Speed Railway
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 มิ.ย. 2021
- It promised to transform how Californians travel but is now seen as a “bullet train to nowhere.” This is why America's west coast megaproject has been far from high-speed. For more by The B1M subscribe now - ow.ly/GxW7y
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Unable to build a single overground railway connection over the course of three decades? That's not just incompetence or corruption, it's obviously both.
Audits have shown that an overwhelming amount of the funding have been eaten up in "consulting" fees
I've once travelled between Amsterdam and London on the Eurostar. High speed train is honestly the most comfortable way to travel and ideal for reasonably short distances.
When you talk about a 6 hour drive from SF to LA, that’s just to get from the edge of one to the other. Once you hit the suburbs, you have another 1-3 hours to get to your destination, depending on traffic. It’s a mess. I’d take the train to LA, but would still need a car to get anywhere. SF Bay Area at least has something resembling a local transportation system.
A Highspeed railway connecting Californias two largest cities should already have been a priority 5 decades ago
They’ve been talking about this since I was like 7 years old I’m now in my 30s 🤣
I lived in NorCal but went to school in SoCal. If there was a high speed rail system, I’d literally have days of my life back, just from hours saved from driving.
The answer is lawyers. Property owners hire lawyers to prevent tracks being laid, and then CA has to pay lawyers to battle it out in perpetuity.
Ah yes, the California High Speed Rail Line - The Brandenburg Airport of America
Fun fact...Most passenger trains in the U.S. run at the same speed or slower than they did 100 years ago.
The next video TH-cam recommends me titled "The Unstoppable Growth of China's High-Speed Rail Network".
So strange to see a video from a British guy about the area I live in give me more useful information than 20 years of pundits screaming on TV/Radio about the most important infrastructure project that will affect me and where I live directly.
3 times over a budget, what..... How did they calculate the orginal budget?
As a Californian whose followed this project since 07-08, this video has greatly summed up the major issues of the CA High speed rail. Sad. Lawsuits & corruption are also driving this high speed down ( & cost up)
shinkansen was one of the best travel experiences hands down. it should definitely be more prevalent
"If you put the US Govt in charge of the sahara desert, it would run out of sand" - This rail project is a prime example of this quote.
90 years ago: the Empire State Building was constructed in 13.5 months.
One day, LA will be covered entirely in roads and nothing else.
On China's railways, massive bridges are thrown up on a regular basis: In California, a tiny bridge completed is celebrated as a milestone achievement. Oh, how we have fallen!
Would love to see costs and "hours worked" broken down by paper pushers (admin/lawyers/management consultants) vs actual engineers/construction workers