The first high-speed rail in the United States has finally started, applause!!Ah, what, the United States has already opened the first high-speed rail, oh, you are talking about the bright line that killed people on the first day of opening, and the maximum speed is only 201 kilometers per hour, what is it called high-speed rail. According to American standards, a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour may be called high-speed rail, but according to the definition of the International Union of Railways, the maximum speed must reach 250 kilometers per hour.
No, the first high-speed rail in the true sense of the United States, the high-speed rail connecting Los Angeles, California and Las Vegas, Nevada, the "Bright West Line", is finally about to start construction, and the maximum design speed of this high-speed rail will reach 322 kilometers per hour, applause!!
Hey, no, isn't it a public knowledge that the United States doesn't need high-speed rail, doesn't it mean that people travel by plane, why did the United States start to build high-speed rail?
Yes, the United States is vast and sparsely populated, and it is indeed not suitable for large-scale high-speed rail, but there are still densely populated areas, such as from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, Las Vegas is a tourist city, although there are only about 3 million residents, but it attracts more than 40 million tourists every year, of which the largest source of tourists is Los Angeles residents, but the traffic in these two places is not convenient, although the plane is fast, but the price is expensive, self-driving is cheaper, but the speed is slow, 350 kilometers of road to drive for 4 and a half hours。 According to statistics, in 2023, there will be an average of more than 44,000 vehicles per day on Highway 15, and the highway is already overwhelmed, especially on weekends, when the traffic jam is very serious, and the actual commuting time is far more than 4 and a half hours, and a high-speed rail line is very much needed.
The United States has calculated that after the opening of this high-speed railway, it will only take 2 hours, and it is expected that the one-way passenger flow will reach 30,000 people per day, and more than 11 million people per year, which will reduce the number of cars on the highway by 3 million. It can not only solve the serious traffic congestion problem in the United States, but also reduce carbon emissions.
The high-speed rail is responsible for the construction of the high-speed railway, the American private railway company "Liang Line", with a total length of 350 kilometers and a budget of only 12 billion US dollars, and it will be repaired before the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. What problems do you find, when did the high-speed rail in the United States become cheaper and faster?
Don't say I don't believe this, even American netizens don't believe it, some people speak more directly, saying that after 30 years, 50 kilometers have been repaired.
This cannot be blamed on netizens' poisonous mouths, in fact, when the United States engages in infrastructure, it often first quotes a low price, and then slowly increases the budget; first reports a short construction period, and when the time comes, it will not be able to finish. For example, California high-speed rail, which was initially said to be $30 billion and will open in 2020, has not yet been seen, but the total budget has increased to more than $100 billion. Therefore, whether the "Guangming West Route" can be completed this time is another matter, let's say 12 billion US dollars, which will be opened to traffic in 2028, These two indicators will definitely not be completed, unless, they ask the mysterious eastern powers for help.
In fact, have you ever wondered why the United States has planned so many high-speed railways, but they can't be built every time? The main reason is that it has taken money from the federal government. Although the "Bright West Front" was built by a private company, it received $3 billion in federal funding, $2.5 billion in tax-exempt bonds approved for sale, and a federal mandate to sell $1 billion of similar bonds in 2020.
If this high-speed rail hadn't been funded by federal funds, I think there would still be hope for it to be built, but with federal funds, I'm really not optimistic, why? Because it's the Democratic Party that is in power now, and the Democratic Party supports building high-speed rail, and Biden also has a nickname called "Railroad Joe", and he has a railroad complex. But the Republican Party opposes the use of federal funds to build railroads, and the United States is about to have a general election, do you guess if the Republicans are in power, they will approve federal funds?
In addition, people in other states oppose it, why do we work so hard to pay taxes and build high-speed rail for these two states, especially when the income goes back to private companies?
Oil companies are also not in favor of building high-speed rail, which does not consume oil, so oil majors may lobby lawmakers to remove federal funding.
Therefore, it is very difficult to build a high-speed rail in the United States, even if the high-speed rail is to benefit people's livelihood, even if the high-speed rail is more conducive to energy conservation and emission reduction, even if the high-speed rail can drive economic development, but there are too many objections, and the United States lacks the ability to build large-scale infrastructure, so I am not optimistic about this high-speed rail.
In particular, they are not convinced that they will only spend $12 billion and complete the opening by 2028.
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