The $12 billion high-speed rail infrastructure project that will connect Las Vegas with various hubs in the Southern California region is off and running. Brightline West’s 218-mile loop is now under construction with a $3 billion push from the Biden administration’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill and the 2028 finish line in sight to coincide with LA's turn as host of that year's Summer Olympics and Paralympics.
The trains will be operated at a maximal speed of 200 miles per hour, setting the North American record. (Another project between Raleigh, North Carolina, and Richmond, Virginia, will commence soon.) Wes Edens, Brightline's founder, said: “Today is long overdue, but the blueprint we’ve created with Brightline will allow us to repeat this model in other city pairs around the country.”
U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told reporters: “Partnering with state leaders and Brightline West, we’re writing a new chapter in our country’s transportation story that includes thousands of union jobs, new connections to better economic opportunity, less congestion on the roads, and less pollution in the air.”
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Why are the interiors so damn ugly?
it's the branding overload
Looking at the bright side, they're building a high speed rail between Vegas with SoCal. We need many more.
Yeah i just wish it wasnt to Rancho Cucamonga. Takes more than an hour to get there from LA
How is that train not going all the way to the coast? Hopefully they'll work that out. 2 steps forward...
Just what the USA doesn't need. A high-speed expresss to losing your paycheck.
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