High Speed Rail in America: It's Finally Happening. | A Ramble about American HSR projects.

High Speed Rail in America. It's a phrase that so often has been a dream, and one that elicits either a laugh or a groan. While the world at large has reaped the benefits of high speed rail since the technology came to the fore in the 1960s, America has had some half-hearted attempts that came nowhere close to their potential, despite the overall popular demand for it. However now, particularly with the groundbreaking on the long anticipated Brightline West project between Las Vegas and the LA basin, that is on the verge of a turnaround, and it's a turnaround that can easily be the most important moment in American transportation history since the creation of the Interstate Highway System. However, it is far more than just Brightline. Here, we go over all of the high speed rail projects in the U.S., from the notorious California High Speed Rail, the agony of Texas Central, the bright hope of Brightline West, and the incredible potential of the only high speed rail service currently running in the United States right now, and the numerous other projects on the drawing board or merely at the concept stage.
And not only should a high speed rail system be pursued, doing so is needed in a lot of traffic clogged places and the benefits that they bring are unprecedented. While people are scared to build them do to their expense, that price can indeed be brought to a much more reasonable standard, and an interesting idea has come to the fore that could see that happen.

High Speed Rail in America is no longer a punchline. It's a thing that is happening. It's a thing that is here, and it will change everything about transportation in many American regions for the better, but only if we're prepared for it.

Link to resources for those interested:
https://www.hsrail.org/
https://www.railpassengers.org/

Channels mentioned:
@lucidstew
@amperebeep

Info on the proposed High Speed Rail bill
https://www.hsrail.org/blog/205b-amer...

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction, and America's high speed rail past
3:21 What actually is High Speed Rail?
5:52 Why High Speed Rail Will Work in America
10:24 Brightline West
19:25 California High Speed Rail
33:54 Texas Central Railway
40:43 Brightline Florida to Tampa (even if it's not HSR)
43:09 Dallas-Fort Worth High Speed Transportation
47:03 Cascadia Ultra High Speed Transportation
48:43 Chicago Hub and Illinois High Speed Rail
52:44 Atlanta-Charlotte HSR
54:00 The Northeast Corridor
1:12:48 Northeast Corridor True HSR?
1:16:11 Conclusion

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