"SIDESLIDE......Then you better buy your boxing gloves soon to punch Scott in the face, because GASOLINE WILL RISE to five bucks a gallon AND MORE, in the coming years.......César.....Sierra Cuban, Miami, Florida ( WE THE PEOPLE ARE IN TOTAL DENIAL THAT THE CHEAP OIL PARTY IS OVER )"
I second that, here in europe we almost pay 2euro a liter... Start getting used to it retards. We use high speed rail instead, much cheaper.
From Europe! Way to go Calafornia!!! I'M PROUD AT YOU GUY'S FOR GOING ELECTRIC HIGH SPEED RAIL! WOW THAT'S ONE HECK OF A VISUAL TOUR.
I often use the French High speed rail to go on vacation all the way from Amsterdam... to Nice about 1200km of High speed rail. Way to go California.
Screw Amtrack tbh 180km/h is nothing compared to 320Km/h we travel on, let alone the 480km/h upgrade planned between Strassbourg and Paris. 480km/h Right on!!!!
"The CHSPRA said it chose the relatively remote section in the Central Valley as the first leg to be built, even though few people there are looking to use a railroad, so that construction could begin in 2012 and meet deadlines for using federal money. But critics suggest that the real motivation was to get the spur in place, calculating that future legislatures would not be able to abandon the project before it reached major population centers."
@SchlossOtranto I am getting pretty damn sick of listening to newspaper reporters say that it would have been "smarter" to start in the urban areas rather than the Central Valley. Are newspaper reporters experts in mass transportation projects? Do they know that a process of corridor selection was conducted based on a number of factors that made the Central Valley a better place to start construction? Do they know that Japan's first HSR system started as a test track in the
Channel am940kyno - today on the show 'Steve Wayte Part 2' high speed rail was the topic of discussion: It's a good idea but the will end as a boondogle.
not only its to costly to build but theres no room to build, theres to many business, farmland, and houses in the way, and there too full. Instead of building HSR from Scratch, lets speed up the existing amtrak trains running from oakland to Bakerfield on th Santa Fe tracks up to 110 MPH like Illinois are doing with their amtrak, and maybe amtrak could build more tracks running from bakerfields Santa Fe tracks to L.A.
To avoid future humiliation like that, you cheese loving, gator screwing idiots need to use your heads for something other than pouring snow and mud into. Make better decisions with your future when it comes to major elections.
Dump the Tea Bags in 2012.
Good luck. As dumb as you are, you'll need it. Until then, we'll enjoy your money.
Despite Tea Party opposition, there is one irrefutable fact about the California High Speed Train:
It will be built.
Thank you, voters of Wisconsin and Florida for electing Tea Bags that refused funds (Oil companies don't like it, so you don't get it) and gave much of those funds to us.
funny how all the fucking media articles are criticizing high speed rail. Why you might ask, because all those retarded news sites are linked, Fuck their shitty articles. BUILD THE DAMN THING, they don't want us to advance.
its supposed to open in 2020!! perfect timing because then I will be 20 or 21 and by tht time I will be living or getting ready to LIVE in LA so I can visit the bay area in hours!!! yay! cant wait till the furture :)
I don't know why they would limit their top speed to 150mph. The average (and most) high speed rails in Europe and so on have a top speed of 186mph (300kph) where it's possible (not in densely populated areas). They're more than well capable up to the task, so why don't they plan to use the most out of it? Why innovate under the average standards?
@Nelsa123 That's the current Northeast Corridor you're thinking of on the other side of the country. This new line will reach cruising speeds of 220 mph.
@gibb1991 Oh I see, thanks. So over there thats kind of an upgrade for the Acela tracks then. In the business plan video they say it too what you're saying, but I hadn't seen it yet before I wrote my previous comment. Can I ask something: is the CA HSR now a certain fact or is there not a final decision about whether is going to be built? It would be a shame if not. HSR is such a big step forward. In Belgium we've got them too under the company name: Thalys. They're the same as the french ones.
@Nelsa123 Yes, I am aware of Thalys, it's a subsidary of SNCF. I'm wondering if they'll split like Eurostar did, though. Anyway, there are plans to upgrade the NEC to 220 mph as well, but nothing is final. The CAHSR is supposedly final and the first section between Fresno and Bakersfield is funded and to be completed by 2015. However, funding poses a the rest of the system questionable. Hopefully, private companies and investors will help once investment opportunities open up.
It would so cool if other rail roads like union pacific would start to use modern high-speed trains for cargo, then the rail road will not spend as much money on gas and will be able to spend that money on repairs or other things they need
@lickmyfart hehe cute indeed. Build SFO - JFK completely in 480Km/h high speed rail and I'll be impressed. We are upgrade Strassbourg - Paris to 480Km/h.... so yeah.... about 500km stretch though, not bad.
I dont even live in California and I'm in TOTAL support of this system. I just took a trip from my home here in Las Vegas to San Francisco driving. Plane tickets were too expensive, so we took the car. We had planned for an entire week, but we had to cut it short because of the time driving. It was horrible, traffic, long hours, having to drive into the right exits in directions. With this just 1 hour on the planned Maglev and 2 hours on this, and in San Francisco. Sounds like haven.
According to G.E., the agreement calls for at least 80 percent of the components of any locomotives and system control gear to come from American suppliers, and labor-intensive final assembly would be done in the United States for the American market. China would license its technology and supply engineers as well as up to 20 percent of the components.
California government selling off jobs to China by purchasing Chinese HSR train. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate of CA is 12%. At the end, we found out Chinese trains are garbage. Nobody wants to ride the death train.
There's a Chinese train accident a couple days ago.
@Civsuccess2 yeah but its best to let the ones with experience design our trains, one accident does not mean they are unreliable. plus the construction and maintanance of the rail will create thousands of jobs
This system is absolutely essential to California's economic growth, which will be coming in large part from cities in the Inland Empire and the Central Valley. Connecting them with San Diego, Los Angeles, San Jose, and San Francisco will create mega-regions that function well and that remain competitive with the rest of the world.
@CommunityBuildersSB the thing that worries me though is who will end up running the rail system. IF it is state run then that means service and expansion will be HORRIBLE.
@gibb1991 if that is true then i'd be in support for the system. But not just any company can take over it though. They have to be good like the japan rail group is. They run the tokyo metro to which is the busiest metro system in the WORLD. metro and rail is the way to go! it's highly efficent, barely takes up any space and lasts much longer than a car does.
I'm proude to see that the Illinois emerging HSR is almost a reality, there under construction right now, and the train will travel 110MPH from Chicago to St Louis, If you don't believe me, check out Illinois HSR and see the live consruction for yourself
I want to know why they are not considering some kind of car transporting service. I know a lot of people that would make use of a service like that of the Eurostar. You take that train down then you have to rent a car to get around. It would be real easy to do. I bet there is some rental car lobbying going on...
i lived in japan for a while and have gone back many times. i've ridden the shinkansen a lot and i can say it's THE MOST reliable transport system in the world. i think this will work great especially in a crowded state like CA
@10mohammedBilal1 but the Flight going to Hawaii, and coast to coast will still be going and up on the mountain area, its just the flat area whare airliners will leave the area, High speed rail usually works on flat area better than up in the Rockys or up in other place like Montana and most of oregon, Planes should be used for crossing oceans, going coast to coast and up in the mountains.
@jmjfanss Lol I dont get americans, the goverment is there for building nation wide stuff.
Our high speed rail are completely financed by the goverment.
Think of this, if every single country in the world laid down their weapons instead and stopped fucking investing money in the army. I dont see you complaining your money going to guns that kill innocent families in the middle east.
The Same government that creative the federal reserve and all the other stuff, it's time to stop spending that money overseas and bring our troops home and use that money for the high speed rail and get the government out of our lives.
@jmjfanss Why do people see the goverment as a bad thing... It's probably a bad thing indeed. But think of this withouth the goverment, the industry would have grabbed the hold of your lives like it does in china now it did during the industrial revolution in europe, people worked till their deaths in Factories because there were no labour laws and Millions of people died fighting for labour laws....
@jmjfanss The problem is that world wide, every goverment is controlled and corrupted by Industry. Industry is a demonic thing tbh, it is the one thing that oughts to leech the life out of all people on earth. Money Money Money, they CBA'd if everyone died as long they had all their money. But we have to live with that and the goverment protects us from the glutonious grips from the industry.
Here in europe if you are to sick to work, you'll be supported by the goverment instead starving.
In the current political no-growth climate, it would be best to concentrate whatever resources are available on one line like California where high-speed rail would have the best chance of success.
Only a dream in America. When it's a living reality in Europe and Asia. Too much military and security. Military and security is something reminiscent of third world country dictatorships if it is done to excess. When other countries are pulling ahead already having things like high speed trains, that's when you know about that playing third world country's military security games has been too much.
CONGRATULATIONS CALIFORNIA........YOU will create 450,000 permanent jobs with this train......Here in Florida we lost our chance thanks to the stupid Southern Crackers that don't know better.......SCOTT would NOT EVEN look at private financing......He must be working for General Motors or Chevron.......SCOTT, YOU PIG.......I HATE YOU, YOU MORON......
@sideslide23 SIDESLIDE......Then you better buy your boxing gloves soon to punch Scott in the face, because GASOLINE WILL RISE to five bucks a gallon AND MORE, in the coming years.......César.....Sierra Cuban, Miami, Florida ( WE THE PEOPLE ARE IN TOTAL DENIAL THAT THE CHEAP OIL PARTY IS OVER )
@sierracuban Those 450,000 jobs are NOT permanent they have only been guaranteed for two years. It's going to be the same situation as the construction industry after the housing crisis.
@bsquadrider what will really insure jobs and job creation is California trying to enact policies that influence sustainability without sacrificing important industries. We also cannot limit to much either by pilling restrictions on top of restrictions, businesses cannot flourish if this is heavily done.
@hyderulez94 right underneath the view count, if you click on either the iTunes, AmazonMP3, or eMusic links, you will see that the song is called Karmapoint by Rocco Bronte.
We see two in this video, but we need hundreds of these in this country in order to create millions of jobs. The traffic in this country is becoming more massive, gas prices continue to soar, and the cost to repair our roads and bridges is becoming more and more expensive. We need high speed rail everywhere NOW!
@chronicman06 I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD AGREE WITH YOUR STATEMENT......The thing is that I am Cuban-born, so I became a Republican as soon as I reached voting age.....The thing about us Cubans is that we SAW with our eyes the HORRORS AND BRUTALITY of Fidel Castro's Cuba.....
BUT.........Now I hate Scott here in Florida because HE TOO is a PIG.....He cancelled OUR TRAIN so now you get the dough......BUT HEY, I grew up in Los Angeles, so it's OK......LOVE.....Sierra Cuban, Miami, FL
@soilworked86 the project could have started any time in 2002 if the Terroist hasn't destroyed the World Trade Center other wise Bush wouldn't sent U.S. Army to Afganastin, and Iraq but thanks for the terroist they are killing this coutnry the Money that was used in the wars could have been used for the project.
And just a quick follow up. I will acknowledge that Taiwan's HSR, for example, is supposedly like 4000 billion NTD in the red, and needs government bailout. But what public benefit project does not need government aid??? And you can argue that JR of Japan has been operating privately for decades, so what is happening in Taiwan is not the norm, and may not happen to Cali. BTW, 2020, when its complete, I'd probably move to Cali.
as someone who works in San Francisco nightclub/live music industry this blows my mind as to the possibilities when Californians come together, having LA and Socal in a few hours reach is mind blowing if you are in a small band and vice-versa. Great video!
We can't be a first world country with a second rate train system. All those who say "we don't ride trains, etc, etc". I don't care. I say build at ANY COST.
In 10 years' time, countries (such as Japan, those in Europe, China, Taiwan, Korea, etc) with high speed rail would have left us in the dust once again. Who knows...they might have taken it to another level that makes the high speed rail in USA in 2020 look substd.
The train, if ever built and put into service, will only begin in 2020? OMG, that sounds like so far away....between now and 2020, who knows what will happen? Why can't they just resolve to build the damn high speed rail and stop debating and wasting time...either build it quickly or just forget abt the whole high speed thing...
This would be sick. Hopefully train tickets would cost less than flying and this would be a great way to have a mini weekend vacation. I could leave from OC and be in SF in 2-3 hours. Seriously, it takes me about 2-3 hours to drive from OC to LA due to the bad traffic. That's fucking sick. Linking Nor Cal and So Cal together.
Whenever this gets complete, I am going to have more vacations in Nor Cal.
China did it for 14billion...we're reaching 43 billion..Japan is working on a maglev for around 100 billion...and we are supposed to be the most advanced country in the world...too much red tape in the U.S. to get certain things done...we need to start focusing on the future before it passes us by.
@Einsteinbomb Ohio doesn't need a boondoggle that runs from cleveland to cincinnati at an average speed of 49 miles per hour taking 7 hours to make the trip, when you can make the drive in 4 hours.
Really 49 mph's would of been your high speed rail? The proposed rail was suppose to connect the entire Midwest with connections to Chicago and the Twin Cities not just simply Ohio. It was suppose to be bigger than just the mere state but whatever, what's done is done. Well Ohio's loss is California's gain. Our high speed rail will move 220 mph so I guess thanks Ohio and Wisconsin as CA thanks you for the funds.
@Einsteinbomb The Ohio proposal for high speed rail included a line between Cleveland, Dayton, Columbus, and Cincinnati, and the average speed would have been 49 miles an hour, which is not high speed rail by any stretch. Cleveland to Cincy would have taken 6.5 hours by train, when you can drive it in 4 hours. Boondoggle. Enjoy the funds!
Yes true, but eventually the idea was to connect the entire Midwest. And well San Francisco to Los Angeles at 220 mph is about 2 1/2 hours while driving is about 6 hours. So, we'll definitely enjoy those funds as 300,00 new jobs arrive. Sounds like a true waste of funds, right?
@Einsteinbomb Connecting the entire Midwest is totally unrealistic because we would still have to share track with slow, lumbering freight trains, while in Europe and Japan et al they use dedicated tracks for the fast movers. Big waste of funds for Ohio.
Then dedicated tracks would be a plus then. CA is building dedicated tracks on the same route in certain areas with other freight trains while the rest will accommodate brand new routes aligned to local freeways and interstates. Those funds for Ohio could of put a lot of people to work in thousands of new jobs, calling it a big waste of funds would be absurd. BTW the now demolished project was going to be called the Chicago Hub Network.
Then dedicated tracks would be a plus then. CA is building dedicated tracks on the same route in certain areas with other freight trains while the rest will accommodate brand new routes aligned to local freeways and interstates. Those funds for Ohio could of put a lot of people to work in thousands of new jobs, calling it a big waste of funds would be absurd. BTW the now demolished project was going to be called the Chicago Hub Network.
Then dedicated tracks would be a plus then. CA is building dedicated tracks on the same route in certain areas with other freight trains while the rest will accommodate brand new routes aligned to local freeways and interstates. Those funds for Ohio could of put a lot of people to work in thousands of new jobs, calling it a big waste of funds would be absurd. BTW the now demolished project was going to be called the Chicago Hub Network.
High Speed Rail is the future for our nation and refusing those funds ridiculous as now Missouri has also refused as well. And it's sad since the Midwest Rail, the Chicago Hub Network would of connected Wisconsin, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, Minnesota, Indiana, and Michigan. But, now because of three states refusing funds the whole project even for the other guys is put in jeopardy.
We in New York State would be happy to take Wisconsin's and Ohio's federal dollars for a high speed rail system in our region we already have the Acela which has cut my time from NYC to DC by 2 hours. I'm really impressed with this development and wish more states would actually be in this frame of mind. Kudos California!!!
Hey, I saw this on Fox News, they said something about this not working and it will not generate revenue or jobs, stuff like that. I hope not, this seems like a really good project
@Demingosan you honestly listen to fox? The most right winging news station out there? they say most of new ideas won't work and that we always have to stick to traditional solutions. Not sayin some traditional solutions don't work but you get the point.
I support this 100%. I do love to drive. However, if this were in place today, I'd be willing to take trips to San Francisco and even San Diego all the time. I would be able to make it to downtown LA within 25 minutes! If we're going to say that we're the best nation in the world, then why has Europe and Asia had it for the last 30 years now? Even third world countries are putting in plans for high speed rail. We as Californians and Americans need to start creating this for the 21 century.
Whatsnext I'll tell you whatsnext, they took out the scanner out of the airport now there talking about having people strip down naked to pass through security which is a big rummor so people are not happy about it so here is a solution, If you don't like the security don't fly, Take your own car, Take a bus, take a train. or better yeat Go High speed rail.
I live in socal. i know that a lot of people in the central valley travel to the bay area and to LA for vacation, to visit family and even to commute to work. The central valley has some of the most polluted air in the country. Californian's do love their cars. I do think that we are growing tired of traveling in a bubble from point a to point b. Personally, I can't wait to see if this comes to fruition and changes the dynamic of how Californians interact.
@mediaxpuppet this high speed rail is ripping right through my hometown and my families' farmland, people don't realize the negative impact of this project it has on the central valley.
@mediaxpuppet I AGREE......It is time for Americans to lose THE LOVE AFFAIR with the automobile.....
When I arrived in Los Angeles from Cuba in 1963 I was ten years old and each summer for the next ten years children like myself would literally CHOKE from the pollutants such as carbon monoxide, and all the rest.....At least 5 different poisons in the air......The people who live in the Los Angeles of today can't even begin to imagine how awful it was to breathe back then......IT WAS BAD !
@stealthyeros That problem was solved a long time ago when Japan's high speed rail network was first built. The rail line will be equipped with Positive Train Control. If the Seismic Center detects ground movement strong enough to disrupt traffic, all trains in the vicinity are immediately placed into emergency braking. It's worked pretty well considering there's never been a single fatality on dedicated high speed tracks.
@gibb1991 How true, and even the one that got tipped over on the Niigata shinkansen a couple of years back had no serious injuries. I am a regular in Japan, you guys in the US don't know what you're missing. It leaves air travel with all of its associated BS and discomfort for dead.
This railway system would be awesome if they didn't have to erect a 30ft wall in front of my house, and deface the historic train station 2 blocks away that has bee open since 1894.
at this moment, China Railway HighSpeed is the most-advanced highspeed rail system, and the Chinese Government invests a lot to improve it every year. USA is far behind China in High Speed Rail...
@ricflairflair let me ask you a stuiped question how much Taxpayer money was spent on building Interstate 40 and Interstate 10 crossing the whole country? probably the same Taxpayers back in the 60s who probably lives in Arizona and takes 5 buses everyday to work. so they can pay for the super highways for travelers to speed 70 MPH cross countryn from L.A. to Chicago.
@TheDopiusklei no, china has the largest network of highspeed rail in the world and theirs continues to grow every day... Sorry, but Spain is far behind china
Our state is broke no way this happens. Also, this will have no effect on urban traffic congestion, as these trians are designed to go city to city. Can't compare this to Japan, as they have over 100 million people living in an area the size of our state. Also, unlike us, in Japan and most other European countries gas is over 5 dollars a gallon.
@danielcaan 65 yeas ago the States was broke and there were no way they could afford build the interstate which would link bunch of State through out this country, they think Interstate 10 and 40 was a joke and we would be stuck with Root 66 but guess what, we have interstate, and we can drive 80 MPH instead of 50 MPH. IF the Interstate has happened I'm shure HSR would happene in America.
This technology looks ancient! Inform yourself about Evacuated Transport Tubes, and ET3 "Space travel on Earth". Search for it on YouTube. Compared to ETT, "High Speed Rail" looks slow and wasteful. Seriously, we can do better than this!
@repfreedomforce Those would cost subsidies of untold amounts. The airlines already run on $15 billion per year in subsidies in the USA alone. True high speed rail has proven to produce a profit and privatize itself all over the world. There has yet to be a failed, modern true high speed railway system.
@allegrosm6 Those were just examples. The actual trains will be selected by the private company who will operate, and someday own, the system. These trains are just virtual models of the existing technology in a rapidly changing industry. In 2020, high speed trains will probably be much more efficiant than they are already and possibly may be able to take certain trackage faster.
@A0990Productions This system runs on a dedicated track system that will be set up in a series of two, four, and six track segments, which will allow faster express trains to pass local or regional trains, just like in Europe.
Average american weights about 300 lbs....running high speed train in US is impossible. the weight of a loaded train would be three times of that in China or in France ,,, if high speed train in China can reach 350 mph it will be about 120mph in US at best,,.and dont forget there will be Mcdonalds on US highspeed trains so 100mph is more likely the case.
@seegee1951 Yes, all trains in the U.S. are already wheelchair accessable. By 2015 all station platforms in the U.S. will be upgraded to allow wheelchair access.
I love driving my car, but that feeling of freedom dies during rush hour. Implementing HSR into our transportation infrastructure will alleviate the clogging of our highways.
I cant wait! Now i can go from san fransisco to san diego in 3 hours!
LegoMovieMan44 6 days ago
privatize it for God's sake, and let us have it!!!
hortulanus94 1 week ago
There's news bout some CEO stepping down idk wat it means but can or can't be good
mquiroz90 2 weeks ago
It would be awesome to have high speed rail here in California but its fisically impractical.
champcar69 2 weeks ago
@sonicfan7 Not Michigan's high speed rail. That's funded (ironically) by CSX and Norfolk Southern.
Applachia0928 2 weeks ago
16 people are congressional assholes.
mgnyg46 3 weeks ago
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I second that, here in europe we almost pay 2euro a liter... Start getting used to it retards. We use high speed rail instead, much cheaper.
sonicfan7 3 weeks ago
From Europe! Way to go Calafornia!!! I'M PROUD AT YOU GUY'S FOR GOING ELECTRIC HIGH SPEED RAIL! WOW THAT'S ONE HECK OF A VISUAL TOUR.
I often use the French High speed rail to go on vacation all the way from Amsterdam... to Nice about 1200km of High speed rail. Way to go California.
Screw Amtrack tbh 180km/h is nothing compared to 320Km/h we travel on, let alone the 480km/h upgrade planned between Strassbourg and Paris. 480km/h Right on!!!!
sonicfan7 3 weeks ago
SMT_Rail invented the safest High speed rail on the planet
smtlive 1 month ago
what music is this?
hortulanus94 1 month ago in playlist California High-Speed Rail
Now thats a better future!
idahopioneer 1 month ago
"The CHSPRA said it chose the relatively remote section in the Central Valley as the first leg to be built, even though few people there are looking to use a railroad, so that construction could begin in 2012 and meet deadlines for using federal money. But critics suggest that the real motivation was to get the spur in place, calculating that future legislatures would not be able to abandon the project before it reached major population centers."
---New York Times 26 Nov 2011
SchlossOtranto 1 month ago
@SchlossOtranto I am getting pretty damn sick of listening to newspaper reporters say that it would have been "smarter" to start in the urban areas rather than the Central Valley. Are newspaper reporters experts in mass transportation projects? Do they know that a process of corridor selection was conducted based on a number of factors that made the Central Valley a better place to start construction? Do they know that Japan's first HSR system started as a test track in the
th3gtr0 1 month ago
@SchlossOtranto countryside before being expanded in the early 1960s? Most likely no to all of these.
th3gtr0 1 month ago
hmm...i thought it would be an acela. i hope the one that may be built between Chicago and STL will be an acela.
searchanddiscover 1 month ago
the other way California will ever get High speed rail is that we run a Monopoly around the world.
sideslide23 2 months ago
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Channel am940kyno - today on the show 'Steve Wayte Part 2' high speed rail was the topic of discussion: It's a good idea but the will end as a boondogle.
ZombieCaretaker 2 months ago
I love this idea i say build it as soon as possible
jake34007 3 months ago
not only its to costly to build but theres no room to build, theres to many business, farmland, and houses in the way, and there too full. Instead of building HSR from Scratch, lets speed up the existing amtrak trains running from oakland to Bakerfield on th Santa Fe tracks up to 110 MPH like Illinois are doing with their amtrak, and maybe amtrak could build more tracks running from bakerfields Santa Fe tracks to L.A.
sideslide23 3 months ago
@sideslide23 I agree with you. Then perhaps in the future, they can replace Amtrak rails with high speed.
hortulanus94 1 month ago
If you like this project and like Ron paul. It does not work well. He might kill this project. If he keeps this idea the I might vote Ron paul.
zachgre1 3 months ago
To avoid future humiliation like that, you cheese loving, gator screwing idiots need to use your heads for something other than pouring snow and mud into. Make better decisions with your future when it comes to major elections.
Dump the Tea Bags in 2012.
Good luck. As dumb as you are, you'll need it. Until then, we'll enjoy your money.
garybryant2 4 months ago
Despite Tea Party opposition, there is one irrefutable fact about the California High Speed Train:
It will be built.
Thank you, voters of Wisconsin and Florida for electing Tea Bags that refused funds (Oil companies don't like it, so you don't get it) and gave much of those funds to us.
Sucks for you, doesn't it?
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garybryant2 4 months ago
funny how all the fucking media articles are criticizing high speed rail. Why you might ask, because all those retarded news sites are linked, Fuck their shitty articles. BUILD THE DAMN THING, they don't want us to advance.
tehatemachine 4 months ago
ill never come back i u dont build this say new york god zilla
duhavifk 4 months ago in playlist California High Speed Rail Project
i'm in love
MostpeoplelikesMe 4 months ago
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claton95 4 months ago
are u guys going to build it or wat?!??!
MegaAndy714 4 months ago
its supposed to open in 2020!! perfect timing because then I will be 20 or 21 and by tht time I will be living or getting ready to LIVE in LA so I can visit the bay area in hours!!! yay! cant wait till the furture :)
MegaAndy714 4 months ago
THEY BETTER BUILD THIS OR THE WHITE HOUSE IS GOING TO BE A BLACK HOUSE (flames). No offense Pres. Obama and kids/first lady/democrats
DirgeOfXemnasThe13th 5 months ago
@DirgeOfXemnasThe13th ikr! they better! and if they dont im going to be pissed off although construction begins in 2012 i think!
MegaAndy714 4 months ago
ASNWER to your question on TrainSets it will be the Velaro a High-Speed Train built by Siemens.
sideslide23 5 months ago
@sideslide23 Where did you find that answer?
Nelsa123 5 months ago
@sideslide23 Nevermind, I found it too. It seems it is going to be the Velaro. Found it on: usa.siemens.com/industry/us/hsr-portal/hsr-landing.html
Nelsa123 5 months ago
I don't know why they would limit their top speed to 150mph. The average (and most) high speed rails in Europe and so on have a top speed of 186mph (300kph) where it's possible (not in densely populated areas). They're more than well capable up to the task, so why don't they plan to use the most out of it? Why innovate under the average standards?
Nelsa123 5 months ago
@Nelsa123 That's the current Northeast Corridor you're thinking of on the other side of the country. This new line will reach cruising speeds of 220 mph.
gibb1991 5 months ago
@gibb1991 Oh I see, thanks. So over there thats kind of an upgrade for the Acela tracks then. In the business plan video they say it too what you're saying, but I hadn't seen it yet before I wrote my previous comment. Can I ask something: is the CA HSR now a certain fact or is there not a final decision about whether is going to be built? It would be a shame if not. HSR is such a big step forward. In Belgium we've got them too under the company name: Thalys. They're the same as the french ones.
Nelsa123 5 months ago
@Nelsa123 Yes, I am aware of Thalys, it's a subsidary of SNCF. I'm wondering if they'll split like Eurostar did, though. Anyway, there are plans to upgrade the NEC to 220 mph as well, but nothing is final. The CAHSR is supposedly final and the first section between Fresno and Bakersfield is funded and to be completed by 2015. However, funding poses a the rest of the system questionable. Hopefully, private companies and investors will help once investment opportunities open up.
gibb1991 5 months ago
@gibb1991 Thanks for getting me up to date on this.
Nelsa123 5 months ago
@Nelsa123 Not a problem! Pleasant greetings from the United States! =)
gibb1991 5 months ago
It would so cool if other rail roads like union pacific would start to use modern high-speed trains for cargo, then the rail road will not spend as much money on gas and will be able to spend that money on repairs or other things they need
MsRudekid 5 months ago
Europe, and well...the rest of the world probably think this is a pretty cute start for us Americans and high speed trains.
lickmyfart 5 months ago
@lickmyfart hehe cute indeed. Build SFO - JFK completely in 480Km/h high speed rail and I'll be impressed. We are upgrade Strassbourg - Paris to 480Km/h.... so yeah.... about 500km stretch though, not bad.
sonicfan7 3 weeks ago
I dont even live in California and I'm in TOTAL support of this system. I just took a trip from my home here in Las Vegas to San Francisco driving. Plane tickets were too expensive, so we took the car. We had planned for an entire week, but we had to cut it short because of the time driving. It was horrible, traffic, long hours, having to drive into the right exits in directions. With this just 1 hour on the planned Maglev and 2 hours on this, and in San Francisco. Sounds like haven.
eric77lv 6 months ago
According to G.E., the agreement calls for at least 80 percent of the components of any locomotives and system control gear to come from American suppliers, and labor-intensive final assembly would be done in the United States for the American market. China would license its technology and supply engineers as well as up to 20 percent of the components.
Civsuccess2 6 months ago
California government selling off jobs to China by purchasing Chinese HSR train. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate of CA is 12%. At the end, we found out Chinese trains are garbage. Nobody wants to ride the death train.
There's a Chinese train accident a couple days ago.
Civsuccess2 6 months ago
@Civsuccess2 yeah but its best to let the ones with experience design our trains, one accident does not mean they are unreliable. plus the construction and maintanance of the rail will create thousands of jobs
luis3826 5 months ago
That's going to hit a lot of cows....lots and lots of cows.
SepherStar 6 months ago 7
This system is absolutely essential to California's economic growth, which will be coming in large part from cities in the Inland Empire and the Central Valley. Connecting them with San Diego, Los Angeles, San Jose, and San Francisco will create mega-regions that function well and that remain competitive with the rest of the world.
CommunityBuildersSB 7 months ago
@CommunityBuildersSB the thing that worries me though is who will end up running the rail system. IF it is state run then that means service and expansion will be HORRIBLE.
tehatemachine 6 months ago
@tehatemachine Right now the plan is for private operators to take over the system, like in Japan.
gibb1991 5 months ago
@gibb1991 if that is true then i'd be in support for the system. But not just any company can take over it though. They have to be good like the japan rail group is. They run the tokyo metro to which is the busiest metro system in the WORLD. metro and rail is the way to go! it's highly efficent, barely takes up any space and lasts much longer than a car does.
tehatemachine 5 months ago
It's the equivalent of own TGV in France. This train is fabulous ;)
galerian77 7 months ago
I'm proude to see that the Illinois emerging HSR is almost a reality, there under construction right now, and the train will travel 110MPH from Chicago to St Louis, If you don't believe me, check out Illinois HSR and see the live consruction for yourself
sideslide23 7 months ago
While other countries are competing with one another to lead the world
into the 21st century -- to be what we were at the beginning of the
20th -- GOP leaders are scotching R&D, refusing not only to
build new projects but even to maintain the crumbling infrastructure
that we have, turning paved roads back into gravel, denying and
attacking science at every turn (esp but by no means only climate
change), defunding education, and destroying the middle class that
made the country great.
Rivcuban 7 months ago
I want to know why they are not considering some kind of car transporting service. I know a lot of people that would make use of a service like that of the Eurostar. You take that train down then you have to rent a car to get around. It would be real easy to do. I bet there is some rental car lobbying going on...
hunkgod 8 months ago
please what the name of this song in the video?????
MiguelFlores17 8 months ago
i lived in japan for a while and have gone back many times. i've ridden the shinkansen a lot and i can say it's THE MOST reliable transport system in the world. i think this will work great especially in a crowded state like CA
frodoshop 8 months ago 9
@frodoshop I don't think that it will be shinkansen, according to the video it will be a mixture of the TGV's and 700T's.
UraeusAnkhAmon 3 weeks ago
That's cool. Moving a little closer to the future
luis3826 8 months ago 2
Let's see a rendition for the Chicago Hub. Chgo to StLouis, Chgo to Detroit, Chgo, to Minneapolis, Chgo to Milwaukee, Chgo to Indianapolis
Chgo direct to New York, Chgo direct to Toronto, Chgo direct to California
yeah.
TuboEspectador 8 months ago
I'm against high speed rails. All domestic flights will have to be ceased when they start running :(
10mohammedBilal1 8 months ago
@10mohammedBilal1 HSR is safer and faster than flying for certain distance ranges.
4izm0v 8 months ago
@10mohammedBilal1 but the Flight going to Hawaii, and coast to coast will still be going and up on the mountain area, its just the flat area whare airliners will leave the area, High speed rail usually works on flat area better than up in the Rockys or up in other place like Montana and most of oregon, Planes should be used for crossing oceans, going coast to coast and up in the mountains.
sideslide23 8 months ago
This would bring tears to Captain Planet's eyes.
v10moped 9 months ago
Yes we need high speed rail, but get the government out of it.
let the free market build this train.
VOTE RON PAUL 2012.
jmjfanss 9 months ago
@jmjfanss Lol I dont get americans, the goverment is there for building nation wide stuff.
Our high speed rail are completely financed by the goverment.
Think of this, if every single country in the world laid down their weapons instead and stopped fucking investing money in the army. I dont see you complaining your money going to guns that kill innocent families in the middle east.
sonicfan7 3 weeks ago
@sonicfan7
The Same government that creative the federal reserve and all the other stuff, it's time to stop spending that money overseas and bring our troops home and use that money for the high speed rail and get the government out of our lives.
jmjfanss 3 weeks ago
@jmjfanss Why do people see the goverment as a bad thing... It's probably a bad thing indeed. But think of this withouth the goverment, the industry would have grabbed the hold of your lives like it does in china now it did during the industrial revolution in europe, people worked till their deaths in Factories because there were no labour laws and Millions of people died fighting for labour laws....
sonicfan7 3 weeks ago
@sonicfan7
Because it is a bad thing, the same government that pushed the IRS and other stuff down our throats.
jmjfanss 3 weeks ago
@jmjfanss The problem is that world wide, every goverment is controlled and corrupted by Industry. Industry is a demonic thing tbh, it is the one thing that oughts to leech the life out of all people on earth. Money Money Money, they CBA'd if everyone died as long they had all their money. But we have to live with that and the goverment protects us from the glutonious grips from the industry.
Here in europe if you are to sick to work, you'll be supported by the goverment instead starving.
sonicfan7 3 weeks ago
@sonicfan7
Because the government does not need your support.
jmjfanss 3 weeks ago
OMG! The yellow-and-blue ones are the same trains as the TGV Duplex and the Shinkansen!
Roboman2121 9 months ago
@Roboman2121 I'm not sure if California decided on which trainsets, but whatever they maybe they will be made by foreign companies.
4izm0v 8 months ago
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Roboman2121 9 months ago
In the current political no-growth climate, it would be best to concentrate whatever resources are available on one line like California where high-speed rail would have the best chance of success.
grover9559 9 months ago
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sideslide23 9 months ago
Only a dream in America. When it's a living reality in Europe and Asia. Too much military and security. Military and security is something reminiscent of third world country dictatorships if it is done to excess. When other countries are pulling ahead already having things like high speed trains, that's when you know about that playing third world country's military security games has been too much.
V8Fiero2M8 9 months ago
ah 2030!
Ble3D 10 months ago
Multi-Billion of dollars... helps cities economy.
jestaries 10 months ago
I will nevr drive again =D
jrnavid 10 months ago
HIGH SPEED RAIL FROM LA TO VEGAS GOD DAMMIT
Arun999 10 months ago 10
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NYBuildings 7 months ago
CONGRATULATIONS CALIFORNIA........YOU will create 450,000 permanent jobs with this train......Here in Florida we lost our chance thanks to the stupid Southern Crackers that don't know better.......SCOTT would NOT EVEN look at private financing......He must be working for General Motors or Chevron.......SCOTT, YOU PIG.......I HATE YOU, YOU MORON......
sierracuban 10 months ago
@sierracuban IF Gas price hits $5.00 per gallon or more, I'm going to punch Scott in his face.
sideslide23 10 months ago
@sideslide23 SIDESLIDE......Then you better buy your boxing gloves soon to punch Scott in the face, because GASOLINE WILL RISE to five bucks a gallon AND MORE, in the coming years.......César.....Sierra Cuban, Miami, Florida ( WE THE PEOPLE ARE IN TOTAL DENIAL THAT THE CHEAP OIL PARTY IS OVER )
sierracuban 10 months ago
@sierracuban Those 450,000 jobs are NOT permanent they have only been guaranteed for two years. It's going to be the same situation as the construction industry after the housing crisis.
bsquadrider 4 months ago
@bsquadrider what will really insure jobs and job creation is California trying to enact policies that influence sustainability without sacrificing important industries. We also cannot limit to much either by pilling restrictions on top of restrictions, businesses cannot flourish if this is heavily done.
tehatemachine 4 months ago
What is the name of the song in the video? :D
hyderulez94 10 months ago
@hyderulez94 right underneath the view count, if you click on either the iTunes, AmazonMP3, or eMusic links, you will see that the song is called Karmapoint by Rocco Bronte.
wiltonmui 10 months ago
@wiltonmui Lol my bad. But thank you :P
hyderulez94 10 months ago
We see two in this video, but we need hundreds of these in this country in order to create millions of jobs. The traffic in this country is becoming more massive, gas prices continue to soar, and the cost to repair our roads and bridges is becoming more and more expensive. We need high speed rail everywhere NOW!
2012ForObama 11 months ago
Conservatives are a threat to our future!!! Their vision is dark and desolate. Get them out of the way so we can build our nation into the future!
chronicman06 11 months ago
@chronicman06 I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD AGREE WITH YOUR STATEMENT......The thing is that I am Cuban-born, so I became a Republican as soon as I reached voting age.....The thing about us Cubans is that we SAW with our eyes the HORRORS AND BRUTALITY of Fidel Castro's Cuba.....
BUT.........Now I hate Scott here in Florida because HE TOO is a PIG.....He cancelled OUR TRAIN so now you get the dough......BUT HEY, I grew up in Los Angeles, so it's OK......LOVE.....Sierra Cuban, Miami, FL
sierracuban 10 months ago
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What is the name of the song??
MiguelFlores17 11 months ago
What is the name of the song???
MiguelFlores17 11 months ago
Get the republicans out of the way and build these things. It's long overdue.
CountryTonite2007 11 months ago 3
@CountryTonite2007 It should've been built 15 years ago when we had a budget surplus. Now it's too late.
soilworked86 11 months ago
@soilworked86 HAHAHHA oh so true!
EpiDemic117 11 months ago
@soilworked86 the project could have started any time in 2002 if the Terroist hasn't destroyed the World Trade Center other wise Bush wouldn't sent U.S. Army to Afganastin, and Iraq but thanks for the terroist they are killing this coutnry the Money that was used in the wars could have been used for the project.
sideslide23 11 months ago
And just a quick follow up. I will acknowledge that Taiwan's HSR, for example, is supposedly like 4000 billion NTD in the red, and needs government bailout. But what public benefit project does not need government aid??? And you can argue that JR of Japan has been operating privately for decades, so what is happening in Taiwan is not the norm, and may not happen to Cali. BTW, 2020, when its complete, I'd probably move to Cali.
gwx11 11 months ago
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Steeplerot 11 months ago
@Steeplerot
as someone who works in San Francisco nightclub/live music industry this blows my mind as to the possibilities when Californians come together, having LA and Socal in a few hours reach is mind blowing if you are in a small band and vice-versa. Great video!
Steeplerot 11 months ago
We can't be a first world country with a second rate train system. All those who say "we don't ride trains, etc, etc". I don't care. I say build at ANY COST.
gwx11 11 months ago 5
In 10 years' time, countries (such as Japan, those in Europe, China, Taiwan, Korea, etc) with high speed rail would have left us in the dust once again. Who knows...they might have taken it to another level that makes the high speed rail in USA in 2020 look substd.
ymhktravel 1 year ago
The train, if ever built and put into service, will only begin in 2020? OMG, that sounds like so far away....between now and 2020, who knows what will happen? Why can't they just resolve to build the damn high speed rail and stop debating and wasting time...either build it quickly or just forget abt the whole high speed thing...
ymhktravel 1 year ago 2
@ymhktravel Too bad politics always gets in the way (money for wars rather than infrastructure). We should've built this thing years ago.
poseidoncambria 1 year ago
This would be sick. Hopefully train tickets would cost less than flying and this would be a great way to have a mini weekend vacation. I could leave from OC and be in SF in 2-3 hours. Seriously, it takes me about 2-3 hours to drive from OC to LA due to the bad traffic. That's fucking sick. Linking Nor Cal and So Cal together.
Whenever this gets complete, I am going to have more vacations in Nor Cal.
JetHawk 1 year ago
amtrak should build more high speed lines, i want all of the current amtrak routes to have high speed lines (I.E. Empire builder)
Emubirdproductions1 1 year ago
This is EXACTLY what we need
kndqaz 1 year ago
China did it for 14billion...we're reaching 43 billion..Japan is working on a maglev for around 100 billion...and we are supposed to be the most advanced country in the world...too much red tape in the U.S. to get certain things done...we need to start focusing on the future before it passes us by.
djseze 1 year ago
Traveling from SF to LA? Wow, i can't wait for this technology.
AndyBubbi 1 year ago
boondoggle
pete5668 1 year ago
too european for america.
chicharrero 1 year ago
haha i love how when they show the people inside the train theres only white people u dont see a mexican or a black guy lol
deanocab559 1 year ago
Another $625 million from the feds. I guess Ohio and Wisconsin didn't want a high speed rail, suckers.
Einsteinbomb 1 year ago
@Einsteinbomb Ohio doesn't need a boondoggle that runs from cleveland to cincinnati at an average speed of 49 miles per hour taking 7 hours to make the trip, when you can make the drive in 4 hours.
pete5668 1 year ago
@pete5668
Really 49 mph's would of been your high speed rail? The proposed rail was suppose to connect the entire Midwest with connections to Chicago and the Twin Cities not just simply Ohio. It was suppose to be bigger than just the mere state but whatever, what's done is done. Well Ohio's loss is California's gain. Our high speed rail will move 220 mph so I guess thanks Ohio and Wisconsin as CA thanks you for the funds.
Einsteinbomb 1 year ago
@Einsteinbomb The Ohio proposal for high speed rail included a line between Cleveland, Dayton, Columbus, and Cincinnati, and the average speed would have been 49 miles an hour, which is not high speed rail by any stretch. Cleveland to Cincy would have taken 6.5 hours by train, when you can drive it in 4 hours. Boondoggle. Enjoy the funds!
pete5668 1 year ago
@pete5668
Yes true, but eventually the idea was to connect the entire Midwest. And well San Francisco to Los Angeles at 220 mph is about 2 1/2 hours while driving is about 6 hours. So, we'll definitely enjoy those funds as 300,00 new jobs arrive. Sounds like a true waste of funds, right?
Einsteinbomb 1 year ago
@Einsteinbomb Connecting the entire Midwest is totally unrealistic because we would still have to share track with slow, lumbering freight trains, while in Europe and Japan et al they use dedicated tracks for the fast movers. Big waste of funds for Ohio.
pete5668 1 year ago
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Einsteinbomb 1 year ago
@pete5668
Sorry typo on the last one.
Einsteinbomb 1 year ago
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@pete5668
Then dedicated tracks would be a plus then. CA is building dedicated tracks on the same route in certain areas with other freight trains while the rest will accommodate brand new routes aligned to local freeways and interstates. Those funds for Ohio could of put a lot of people to work in thousands of new jobs, calling it a big waste of funds would be absurd. BTW the now demolished project was going to be called the Chicago Hub Network.
Einsteinbomb 1 year ago
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@pete5668
Then dedicated tracks would be a plus then. CA is building dedicated tracks on the same route in certain areas with other freight trains while the rest will accommodate brand new routes aligned to local freeways and interstates. Those funds for Ohio could of put a lot of people to work in thousands of new jobs, calling it a big waste of funds would be absurd. BTW the now demolished project was going to be called the Chicago Hub Network.
Einsteinbomb 1 year ago
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@pete5668
Then dedicated tracks would be a plus then. CA is building dedicated tracks on the same route in certain areas with other freight trains while the rest will accommodate brand new routes aligned to local freeways and interstates. Those funds for Ohio could of put a lot of people to work in thousands of new jobs, calling it a big waste of funds would be absurd. BTW the now demolished project was going to be called the Chicago Hub Network.
Einsteinbomb 1 year ago
@pete5668
High Speed Rail is the future for our nation and refusing those funds ridiculous as now Missouri has also refused as well. And it's sad since the Midwest Rail, the Chicago Hub Network would of connected Wisconsin, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, Minnesota, Indiana, and Michigan. But, now because of three states refusing funds the whole project even for the other guys is put in jeopardy.
Einsteinbomb 1 year ago
@pete5668 your mother is a boondoggle
MrEiriku 1 year ago
Interesting animation. Thumbs up! :)
megatwingo 1 year ago
all 103,807 of u ppl should vote for this bc i want this to so happen u should all vote for this to give it a big chance
mquiroz90 1 year ago
We in New York State would be happy to take Wisconsin's and Ohio's federal dollars for a high speed rail system in our region we already have the Acela which has cut my time from NYC to DC by 2 hours. I'm really impressed with this development and wish more states would actually be in this frame of mind. Kudos California!!!
ranus69 1 year ago
Hey, I saw this on Fox News, they said something about this not working and it will not generate revenue or jobs, stuff like that. I hope not, this seems like a really good project
Demingosan 1 year ago
@Demingosan you honestly listen to fox? The most right winging news station out there? they say most of new ideas won't work and that we always have to stick to traditional solutions. Not sayin some traditional solutions don't work but you get the point.
EpiDemic117 1 year ago
@Demingosan i think its good too it can happen
mquiroz90 1 year ago
I support this 100%. I do love to drive. However, if this were in place today, I'd be willing to take trips to San Francisco and even San Diego all the time. I would be able to make it to downtown LA within 25 minutes! If we're going to say that we're the best nation in the world, then why has Europe and Asia had it for the last 30 years now? Even third world countries are putting in plans for high speed rail. We as Californians and Americans need to start creating this for the 21 century.
erickofspirit 1 year ago 2
Whatsnext I'll tell you whatsnext, they took out the scanner out of the airport now there talking about having people strip down naked to pass through security which is a big rummor so people are not happy about it so here is a solution, If you don't like the security don't fly, Take your own car, Take a bus, take a train. or better yeat Go High speed rail.
sideslide23 1 year ago
I live in socal. i know that a lot of people in the central valley travel to the bay area and to LA for vacation, to visit family and even to commute to work. The central valley has some of the most polluted air in the country. Californian's do love their cars. I do think that we are growing tired of traveling in a bubble from point a to point b. Personally, I can't wait to see if this comes to fruition and changes the dynamic of how Californians interact.
mediaxpuppet 1 year ago 38
@mediaxpuppet this high speed rail is ripping right through my hometown and my families' farmland, people don't realize the negative impact of this project it has on the central valley.
bsquadrider 8 months ago
@bsquadrider That is the cost of progress, your little town and farm bring less to our state than the rail will. Sorry just being realistic.
hunkgod 8 months ago
@mediaxpuppet I AGREE......It is time for Americans to lose THE LOVE AFFAIR with the automobile.....
When I arrived in Los Angeles from Cuba in 1963 I was ten years old and each summer for the next ten years children like myself would literally CHOKE from the pollutants such as carbon monoxide, and all the rest.....At least 5 different poisons in the air......The people who live in the Los Angeles of today can't even begin to imagine how awful it was to breathe back then......IT WAS BAD !
sierracuban 5 months ago
@sierracuban yeah that's how it was before they had the strict emission regulations.
tehatemachine 5 months ago
Has no one thought about the San Andreas fault line?
stealthyeros 1 year ago
@stealthyeros That problem was solved a long time ago when Japan's high speed rail network was first built. The rail line will be equipped with Positive Train Control. If the Seismic Center detects ground movement strong enough to disrupt traffic, all trains in the vicinity are immediately placed into emergency braking. It's worked pretty well considering there's never been a single fatality on dedicated high speed tracks.
gibb1991 1 year ago 27
@gibb1991 this can really happen i got a big feeling
mquiroz90 1 year ago
@mquiroz90 The California High Speed Rail Authority just approved the site for the first leg of the system yesterday.
gibb1991 1 year ago
@gibb1991 that mean its getting builded
mquiroz90 1 year ago
@mquiroz90 Yes. Preliminary construction along the CalTrain Corridor has already begun and the first rails will be lain in 2012.
gibb1991 1 year ago
@gibb1991 How true, and even the one that got tipped over on the Niigata shinkansen a couple of years back had no serious injuries. I am a regular in Japan, you guys in the US don't know what you're missing. It leaves air travel with all of its associated BS and discomfort for dead.
Rocketboy1950 1 year ago
@stealthyeros yes dickhead
MrEiriku 1 year ago
This railway system would be awesome if they didn't have to erect a 30ft wall in front of my house, and deface the historic train station 2 blocks away that has bee open since 1894.
cito117 1 year ago
at this moment, China Railway HighSpeed is the most-advanced highspeed rail system, and the Chinese Government invests a lot to improve it every year. USA is far behind China in High Speed Rail...
LeThoem 1 year ago
How much taxpayer money was spent on this ridiculous fantasy video?
ricflairflair 1 year ago
@ricflairflair A lot less then the amount spent on the highways and airlines.
gibb1991 1 year ago
@ricflairflair let me ask you a stuiped question how much Taxpayer money was spent on building Interstate 40 and Interstate 10 crossing the whole country? probably the same Taxpayers back in the 60s who probably lives in Arizona and takes 5 buses everyday to work. so they can pay for the super highways for travelers to speed 70 MPH cross countryn from L.A. to Chicago.
sideslide23 1 year ago
@ricflairflair I FUCK YOU IN THE ASS AND YOU BEG ME TO DO IT MORE
MrEiriku 4 months ago
It's necessary to be faster (400+km/h) since other countries will soon have.
ChiefAdministrator 1 year ago
@TheDopiusklei no, china has the largest network of highspeed rail in the world and theirs continues to grow every day... Sorry, but Spain is far behind china
nlosborne 1 year ago
Our state is broke no way this happens. Also, this will have no effect on urban traffic congestion, as these trians are designed to go city to city. Can't compare this to Japan, as they have over 100 million people living in an area the size of our state. Also, unlike us, in Japan and most other European countries gas is over 5 dollars a gallon.
danielcaan 1 year ago
@danielcaan It wont help congestion on freeways?
So all the people driving into LA SF SD to see a ball game disneyland hollywood sea world etc
Dont get taken off the freeways?
SunsetSideVet 1 year ago
@danielcaan 65 yeas ago the States was broke and there were no way they could afford build the interstate which would link bunch of State through out this country, they think Interstate 10 and 40 was a joke and we would be stuck with Root 66 but guess what, we have interstate, and we can drive 80 MPH instead of 50 MPH. IF the Interstate has happened I'm shure HSR would happene in America.
sideslide23 1 year ago
bluefish1129- peruade bin laden and iran about peace. no need to persuade america
hagai2222 1 year ago
This technology looks ancient! Inform yourself about Evacuated Transport Tubes, and ET3 "Space travel on Earth". Search for it on YouTube. Compared to ETT, "High Speed Rail" looks slow and wasteful. Seriously, we can do better than this!
repfreedomforce 1 year ago
@repfreedomforce Those would cost subsidies of untold amounts. The airlines already run on $15 billion per year in subsidies in the USA alone. True high speed rail has proven to produce a profit and privatize itself all over the world. There has yet to be a failed, modern true high speed railway system.
gibb1991 1 year ago
@allegrosm6 Those were just examples. The actual trains will be selected by the private company who will operate, and someday own, the system. These trains are just virtual models of the existing technology in a rapidly changing industry. In 2020, high speed trains will probably be much more efficiant than they are already and possibly may be able to take certain trackage faster.
gibb1991 1 year ago
the thing is this train will get stuck behind another passenger service and will take howver long htat passenger service takes
A0990Productions 1 year ago
@A0990Productions This system runs on a dedicated track system that will be set up in a series of two, four, and six track segments, which will allow faster express trains to pass local or regional trains, just like in Europe.
gibb1991 1 year ago
@A0990Productions That's why they should seperate high speed lines from the other train lines as the Japanese and the French did.
AmersfoortTristan 1 year ago
@A0990Productions yout dick will get stuck in your ass
MrEiriku 1 year ago
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excellent just go ahead and build it
thomasucc 1 year ago
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Average american weights about 300 lbs....running high speed train in US is impossible. the weight of a loaded train would be three times of that in China or in France ,,, if high speed train in China can reach 350 mph it will be about 120mph in US at best,,.and dont forget there will be Mcdonalds on US highspeed trains so 100mph is more likely the case.
artin74 1 year ago
10 more years ,ok
mike813333 1 year ago
let's do it after the war business is over... i wonder if that train is wheelchair accessible....
seegee1951 1 year ago
@seegee1951 Yes, all trains in the U.S. are already wheelchair accessable. By 2015 all station platforms in the U.S. will be upgraded to allow wheelchair access.
gibb1991 1 year ago
I love driving my car, but that feeling of freedom dies during rush hour. Implementing HSR into our transportation infrastructure will alleviate the clogging of our highways.
Pyromaniac721 1 year ago