So California is building a 100,000,000,000,000,000 dollar high speed train to no where. When there are people living and pooping on the side walks in LA, SF, Sacramento, and other cities around the state.
With more than forty million in population and urbanization trend, California will need high speed rail that's way more efficient than air plane. Mr. Brown understands California's future.
Why did just 1 judge get to determine if the railroad was allow to sell bonds to help pay for high-speed rail; even though it was already approved by the voters of that state?!? - Something is fishy with that judgement.
John Stone because the votwr approved bonds were packed with LIES. The train is a complete boondoggle PoS and will never do anything promised. czcams.com/video/Bu1-vRQuVEs/video.html
goodrich g A Politician "eminent domain" Land Grab to rich farmlands to sell to Rich Chinese emigrants.Feed the Banksters; Feed 3 generations of our politicians ( gov Brown, & sen Feinstein ) while stealing from taxpayers. Nice. NOT .!!
AMTRAK's long distance routes run primarily on a single freight track that supports two-way-traffic. Average speed is about 25mph over the length of the routes. AMTRAK service could more than halve its routes travel time if its routes had two sets of tracks to support travel in both direction without the need to stop & wait on side tracks to let on-coming-trains pass. Building out the routes with a second set of rails would have the added benefit of speeding freight trains and eliminate fuel used to constantly restart trains that have stopped to wait.
California mentality is no price is too high, its now over 80 billion and it will double, then triple and the quadruple and you will not see anything, just contractors getting rich and taxes going up and up and up...its really amazing to what.
What the hell do you think a car is? Do YOU even have a clue when the first internal combustion vehicle was invented? Automobile = 1800s technology! Wow! After actually having ridden high speed trains in Europe and Asia, I KNOW how efficient they are and thus I support high speed rail in the United States. HOWEVER, I'm under no illusion that I will ever see one built in the United States in my lifetime.
Jerry villenueva isn’t happy because his small bodega will have to close. Instead of looking at the opportunities a hs station will bring to his community he only thinks of his own short term and short sighted losses/opps.
I live in California it costs $100 round trip on southwest for LAX to San Jose or San Francisco and it takes one hour instead of three. Why don’t we use the money for California’s real problems. High speed rail is obsolete and this newscast used China as an example
It's not that it's necessarily obsolete, it's just that it's practical really in only one part of the country - the Northeast, where there's obviously a fairly tight string of well-populated metropolitan areas
As I am from Britain, I believe that the first priority For America is to modernise the existing services and maybe improve the surfliner between LA and San Diego to 125MPH running.
Halish Railways That's even less necessary. You're really only serving San Diego as opposed to the entire rest of the state. Plus that line is made of matchsticks. I don't know how cheap it would be to do that either. Especially for no reason. The plan has always been to connect San Diego to high speed rail last.
Almost done? it's been two years since you said that and they haven't broken ground yet. I'm rooting for them, and I did see they had a major win in a Texan appellate court granting them eminent domain.
Pennywise The Clown Thanks to Republican farmers fighting it and suing at every turn. Then they wonder why costs are ballooning. It's called inflation hillbillies!!! It's what happens when you stall something for ten years just because the train might take out a row of almond trees!!!
Mr. Wright. I am in full agreement with you. I just wanted to point out how Kalifornia (Sacramento) don't listen to or care about what the public that elected them. If Gavin Nuscience is elected, this place will become a War Zone. I'm ready. Are you?
You want clean water great what is it going to ,cost? want clean air what is it going to cost?, you want electric cars, what can you afford, when I was a little boy my parents rode the " KEY System " from Hayward California to San Francisco a train went across the bay bridge, the last time I rode it was in 1957 when I joined the Navy. They tore it out and soon after words they started the BART system, that was in the 60's here it is 2019 and they haven't completed what they promised and it cost a lot more today then when they started. Folks it's progress, and progress is not cheap. My first job in 1957 was 97 dollars every 2 weeks.
High speed rail is cool. Just not practical. In California, with all the regulations, cost overruns, right of way issues, etc.... Sad truth is, for a fraction of what they have already spent, they could increase capacity, and fix the existing infrastructure.
Was not China treated like a third world nation at one time. Some of those current third world nations may catch up with the United States on land transportation(high speed rail). America eventually will acquire high speed rail when some of the politicians and naysayers move on and get out of the way of progressive doers and thinkers.
The idea might sound good , but California does not need high speed rail . Money can be better spent modernizing existing rail transit systems and connecting them together i.e . BART , Caltrain , ACE , Amtrak , Metrolink with fewer stops and improved infrastructure . Much cheaper .
That may be a good idea, but I think that would be more expensive to do. We can modernize the rail, but those rails that may need to be modernize are very expensive, probably even more expensive than building new rail lines specifically for high speed bullet train. Rails and roads across our countries are probably so old that they are failing in some shape or form, like bridges falling apart, one brick at a time over period of time being used and supporting the weight of many vehicles during its life. If anything, I think the HSR is the better option.
iluvmusic62 you my friend are correct...In fact, the only functional track will run about 20 minutes north and 35 minutes south of Fresno which will be the main hub. If Fresno needed a high speed rail....I got ocean front property for sale there if you're interested??
Who needs a high speed train when you can get on an airplane for half the cost. Ask Amtrak how profitable passenger trains really are.The answer is that trains are a money pit.
gimich1328 Yeah the U.S. is a 3Rd World country with people able to go anywhere they want anytime they want without depending on broken down government run public transportation.
Current estimates to build this boondoggle system exceed 70 billion dollars. If it ever gets built, it will not pay for itself and will require taxpayer dollars to keep it from running a deficit.
LA's homeless are really disappointed cancelation of the high speed train .....they were promised by the governor they could poOp in 💩 San Francisco then be back at the LA Rescue Mission just in time for complimentary dinner cocktails...🍸
This is a waste of tax payers money something nobody wanted we do not need highspeed trains . besides they should have had one from san bernardino to las vegas not l.a. to san Francisco no one will ride it
How can they when they are still trying to figure out the science/engineering behind them? They don't even know how to build them. Meanwhile trains in Europe are capable of going over 300 mph. Trains have been around for 200 years, and high speed rail has been around since the 70s. The engineering behind high speed rail is tried-and-true.
The Germans had a Maglev-testtrack for decades and built a track for the Chinese from a city to an airport, as far as I know it works well but is underused.
So California is building a 100,000,000,000,000,000 dollar high speed train to no where. When there are people living and pooping on the side walks in LA, SF, Sacramento, and other cities around the state.
With more than forty million in population and urbanization trend, California will need high speed rail that's way more efficient than air plane. Mr. Brown understands California's future.
Texas seems more ahead then California at this point
Not quite
By what metric?
When is going to be completed?
What year is going to be completed?
We need high speed rail
I like flying
Trains are for losers and hobos
Why did just 1 judge get to determine if the railroad was allow to sell bonds to help pay for high-speed rail; even though it was already approved by the voters of that state?!? - Something is fishy with that judgement.
John Stone ,,,,FYI...VOTER'S approving it does not grant it the money to build it...
John Stone because the votwr approved bonds were packed with LIES. The train is a complete boondoggle PoS and will never do anything promised.
czcams.com/video/Bu1-vRQuVEs/video.html
goodrich g
A Politician "eminent domain"
Land Grab to rich farmlands to
sell to Rich Chinese emigrants.Feed the Banksters;
Feed 3 generations of our
politicians ( gov Brown, & sen Feinstein ) while stealing from
taxpayers. Nice. NOT .!!
John Stone I remember this story. He was a Republican judge of course.
Nelsonomics Runs Ahhh yes! Everything is a "boondoggle" with Republicans until it's something they want built. Trump's border wall is a boondoggle!!!
AMTRAK's long distance routes run primarily on a single freight track that supports two-way-traffic. Average speed is about 25mph over the length of the routes. AMTRAK service could more than halve its routes travel time if its routes had two sets of tracks to support travel in both direction without the need to stop & wait on side tracks to let on-coming-trains pass. Building out the routes with a second set of rails would have the added benefit of speeding freight trains and eliminate fuel used to constantly restart trains that have stopped to wait.
Hm.. i sometimes think that texas will have HSR before California.
It's not even going at 220 mph anymore
California mentality is no price is too high, its now over 80 billion and it will double, then triple and the quadruple and you will not see anything, just contractors getting rich and taxes going up and up and up...its really amazing to what.
Still cheaper then widening i-5
Why not portals?
If the future of American high speed rails rides on California's high speed rail? Well...that train has left the station, so to speak.
What a shame. Privatize it. If I would have the money I would buy them out .
biggest waste of tax payer dollars ever
We don’t have the money for this
1800 technology! wow!
What the hell do you think a car is? Do YOU even have a clue when the first internal combustion vehicle was invented? Automobile = 1800s technology! Wow!
After actually having ridden high speed trains in Europe and Asia, I KNOW how efficient they are and thus I support high speed rail in the United States. HOWEVER, I'm under no illusion that I will ever see one built in the United States in my lifetime.
Jerry villenueva isn’t happy because his small bodega will have to close. Instead of looking at the opportunities a hs station will bring to his community he only thinks of his own short term and short sighted losses/opps.
I live in California it costs $100 round trip on southwest for LAX to San Jose or San Francisco and it takes one hour instead of three. Why don’t we use the money for California’s real problems. High speed rail is obsolete and this newscast used China as an example
Daniel Lopez I also live in California btw
It's not that it's necessarily obsolete, it's just that it's practical really in only one part of the country - the Northeast, where there's obviously a fairly tight string of well-populated metropolitan areas
Someone made money without building anything.
No, someone STOLE money without building anything.
As I am from Britain, I believe that the first priority For America is to modernise the existing services and maybe improve the surfliner between LA and San Diego to 125MPH running.
Halish Railways That's even less necessary. You're really only serving San Diego as opposed to the entire rest of the state. Plus that line is made of matchsticks. I don't know how cheap it would be to do that either. Especially for no reason. The plan has always been to connect San Diego to high speed rail last.
How about the bullet going to Phoenix Arizona
It was all a Lie!
Huston to Dallas shankenzen bullet train already almost done ✅ and only Gonna take 2hrs
Also coming in 2019-3021
I mean 2021
Almost done? it's been two years since you said that and they haven't broken ground yet. I'm rooting for them, and I did see they had a major win in a Texan appellate court granting them eminent domain.
California will never be finished...
Why O Why Of course not. It's called maintenance and progress.
this is out of date
Biggest sham in the country. Billions over budget with no track being laid
Pennywise The Clown Thanks to Republican farmers fighting it and suing at every turn. Then they wonder why costs are ballooning. It's called inflation hillbillies!!! It's what happens when you stall something for ten years just because the train might take out a row of almond trees!!!
Mr. Wright. I am in full agreement with you. I just wanted to point out how Kalifornia (Sacramento) don't listen to or care about what the public that elected them. If Gavin Nuscience is elected, this place will become a War Zone. I'm ready. Are you?
The comment sections on videos relating to CA HSR are terrible. A “train wreck” is what one might say.
way early on that Texas will have high speed rail on 2021 9 years later before Fly California (The Name) Does
You want clean water great what is it going to ,cost? want clean air what is it going to cost?, you want electric cars, what can you afford, when I was a little boy my parents rode the " KEY System " from Hayward California to San Francisco a train went across the bay bridge, the last time I rode it was in 1957 when I joined the Navy. They tore it out and soon after words they started the BART system, that was in the 60's here it is 2019 and they haven't completed what they promised and it cost a lot more today then when they started. Folks it's progress, and progress is not cheap. My first job in 1957 was 97 dollars every 2 weeks.
Forever.
High speed rail is cool. Just not practical. In California, with all the regulations, cost overruns, right of way issues, etc.... Sad truth is, for a fraction of what they have already spent, they could increase capacity, and fix the existing infrastructure.
jimannis69 They are already fixing and widening the roads and fixing many of our bridges and overpasses.
What a puff piece. This project is so corrupt and over budget. It should b a crime
Congratulations to Fresno, the first city with a bullet train in the USA! Too bad it only goes to Bakersfield??
Give the money back to the federal government
Was not China treated like a third world nation at one time. Some of those current third world nations may catch up with the
United States on land transportation(high speed rail). America eventually will acquire high speed rail when some of the politicians
and naysayers move on and get out of the way of progressive doers and thinkers.
The idea might sound good , but California does not need high speed rail . Money can be better spent modernizing existing rail transit systems and connecting them together i.e . BART , Caltrain , ACE , Amtrak , Metrolink with fewer stops and improved infrastructure . Much cheaper .
That may be a good idea, but I think that would be more expensive to do. We can modernize the rail, but those rails that may need to be modernize are very expensive, probably even more expensive than building new rail lines specifically for high speed bullet train. Rails and roads across our countries are probably so old that they are failing in some shape or form, like bridges falling apart, one brick at a time over period of time being used and supporting the weight of many vehicles during its life. If anything, I think the HSR is the better option.
iluvmusic62 you my friend are correct...In fact, the only functional track will run about 20 minutes north and 35 minutes south of Fresno which will be the main hub. If Fresno needed a high speed rail....I got ocean front property for sale there if you're interested??
It will never be completed in a loser state who’s people are fleeing...
Lol. Ok sheep
This video is extremely biased and doesn't point out any issues with the project. I strongly recommend watching ReasonTV's videos on the topic
Skilliard Yeah I saw that biased hunk of garbage. Not one intelligent person was interviewed in that video. It's a propaganda hit piece!
10* years
why am even watching this?
Who needs a high speed train when you can get on an airplane for half the cost. Ask Amtrak how profitable passenger trains really are.The answer is that trains are a money pit.
The governments funds Amtrak.
Dominique Hardie He was talking about the cost of a ticket. He was not talking about taxes.
Mark W Lambert Airplanes are also helped by the government as airports cost tax payer money.
America would never get a High Speed Trains... LOL! US is like a 3rd world country when it comes to High Speed Rail Lines.
gimich1328 Yeah the U.S. is a 3Rd World country with people able to go anywhere they want anytime they want without depending on broken down government run public transportation.
You realise most of HSR network are in 3rd world countries
Vandana Shukla No he does not lol
GiMich I Agree and I live here LOL. It’s shameful and I call Amtrak Amtrash...
* get a car then if u don’t like Amtrak
not good for califorina high speed train
but califorina will high speed what about earthquake?????
The rail line has protections against that
I am really confused that everybody is giving up their RIGHTS, because a self serving governor
Michael McSherry Yes you are confused.
Current estimates to build this boondoggle system exceed 70 billion dollars. If it ever gets built, it will not pay for itself and will require taxpayer dollars to keep it from running a deficit.
My Hyundai is faster!
LA's homeless are really disappointed cancelation of the high speed train .....they were promised by the governor they could poOp in 💩 San Francisco then be back at the LA Rescue Mission just in time for complimentary dinner cocktails...🍸
But yet ANOTHER failure in California
This is a waste of tax payers money something nobody wanted we do not need highspeed trains . besides they should have had one from san bernardino to las vegas not l.a. to san Francisco no one will ride it
Thank the republicans
Do something really exciting and bold instead, like maglev or hyperloop.
How can they when they are still trying to figure out the science/engineering behind them? They don't even know how to build them. Meanwhile trains in Europe are capable of going over 300 mph. Trains have been around for 200 years, and high speed rail has been around since the 70s. The engineering behind high speed rail is tried-and-true.
The Germans had a Maglev-testtrack for decades and built a track for the Chinese from a city to an airport, as far as I know it works well but is underused.
The hyperloop is still imaginary technology!!, from my understanding mag trains work but are cost effective.
ScoobyDooIsDead They can use SCmaglev that’s currently being constructed in Japan.