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USA Will Invest in High-Speed Train to Fight Climate Change (www.raillynews.com)
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USA Will Invest in High-Speed ​​Train to Fight Climate Change::The USA Will Invest in High-Speed ​​Train to Fight Climate Change - US President Joe Biden announced in a speech on December 9, 2023 that they are carrying out the first high-speed train projects in US history. These projects are across America

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[–] [email protected] 56 points 11 months ago (22 children)

These projects are part of an $10 billion investment

California’s HSR system come in at $80 billion for 520 miles, or $154 million per mile. Amtrak estimates that it would cost $500 million per mile to turn its Northeast Corridor route into a true high-speed system. source

For $10 billion, we are talking an additional 20 to 65 miles of high speed rail to be built. This is basically nothing...

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (11 children)

Most of this is to fund studies and the rest is probably to cover overruns. Is it political for election season? Yes, but still a step in a positive direction. We're not talking infrastructure week here.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

There's ~$34 million in there to study new routes. The $3 billion of this going to CAHSR will:

  • Fund six electric trains for testing and use
  • Fund design and construction of trainset facilities
  • Fund design and construction of the Fresno station
  • Fund final design and right-of-way acquisition for the Merced and the Bakersfield extensions
  • Fund construction in the Central Valley

See https://hsr.ca.gov/2023/12/05/news-release-high-speed-rail-authority-to-receive-record-3-1-billion-from-biden-administration/

[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The HSR going through the Central Valley of Cali is INSANE. the bridge and strip of it is infrastructure that area and region has legitimately never seen. I keep telling all of my friends and family here in Cali that once you can travel from Stockton to Bakersfield in 45-1 hour it’ll completely change the region. The massive economic boom from just the construction alone will be huge, but then the effect after will be felt for generation.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Even better, I just hate that people are crapping all over making steps in a positive direction.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

After decades of promises and zero high speed rails in use in the US, why believe it?

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