The Biden administration announced $3 billion in funding Tuesday for the Brightline West rail project, covering a quarter of the cost for a high-speed rail line planned to run from Las Vegas to Los…
  • Kit
    30·
    1 year ago

    I sincerely hope this will happen instead of the funds just disappearing without accountability. More rails are always worth supporting.

  • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
    12·
    1 year ago

    Nice way to waste 3B dollars.

    I’m sure the casino owners really appreciate it. Let them subsidize this nonsense.

    Vegas shouldn’t exist. It’s a freakin desert.

  • stoy@lemmy.zip
    9·
    1 year ago

    Is it proper normal highspeed rail, or is it an idiotic Musky vactrain, or solar frickin railways, or perhaps a entrepeneur will design a flooded underground tunnel systems where submarines are transporting passengers?

    • 768@sh.itjust.works
      9·
      1 year ago

      1435 mm, 25kV (AC, Overhead) double track with grades of up to 4.5%, Ø: 165 km/h, Top: 300 km/h, EMU (likely Siemens Velaro Novo (ICE S in Germany), but AFAIK, has to be built in the US)