Why The US Has No High-Speed Rail
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- Опубликовано: 6 май 2019
- China has the world’s fastest and largest high-speed rail network - more than 19,000 miles, the vast majority of which was built in the past decade.
Japan’s bullet trains can reach nearly 200 miles per hour and date to the 1960s. They have moved more than 9 billion people without a single passenger causality. casualty
France began service of the high-speed TGV train in 1981 and the rest of Europe quickly followed.
But the U.S. has no true high-speed trains, aside from sections of Amtrak’s Acela line in the Northeast Corridor. The Acela can reach 150 mph for only 34 miles of its 457-mile span. Its average speed between New York and Boston is about 65 mph.
California’s high-speed rail system is under construction, but whether it will ever get completed as intended is uncertain.
Watch the video to see why the U.S. continues to fail with high-speed trains, and some companies that are trying to fix that.
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Why The US Has No High-Speed Rail
"the flatlands of Japan"???????? Look at the topological map of Japan, and tell me that it's flat. 90% of Japan is mountain. What a bunch excuses.
It still has an active volcano, which means that the geography is rather rugged. Def can't call Japan a flat land except the coastal regions.
Japan has no flatland except Osaka and Tokyo which is like 2% of its land.
Maybe they took a picture of a japanese road from 2m away
Research California's catastrophic failure at building HS Rail and tell me WHAT went wrong, OK?
And BTW, their test/development "stretch" through the CENTRAL Valley WAS pretty much nothing BUT Level!
THEY never got to HOW to pass through the SAN ANDRES Earthquake Fault that the train would have to cross, whether to do it 50+ Feet underground, or on the surface!
You had the original "Grapevine" route, then the later Route 58 path, where you would be over five stories UNDERground...
And people get nervous riding the RED Line on Metro Rail in LA!
Also Germany? The flatlands of Germany are poor farmers, the business (and 80% of the companies you know) are in a hilly and mountainous terrain that makes California look like landing strip.
USA: lets build a bullet train = no budget
USA: let’s go to war = no problem
LMAOOOO
Seems USA are hell bent on controlling regions that have oil, then hell bent on burning it, with no thought for future generations
Joe biden has already given other countries trillions of dollars in the past couple days and I'm taking the train at 45mph. jfc
Yayyyyee
yes - winning a war and keeping our country safe is more important than adding public transportation.
One major reason the US will never have a high speed rail system boils down to politics. In order to function efficiently, a high speed rail system has to be a point to point rail line, with few, if any, intermediate stops. This is because the trains achieve their efficiency thru long uninterrupted runs at high speed. A line from New York to Miami, to give an example, might stop in Philadelphia, and Washington, DC., and maybe one other stop. But politics being what it is, every representative, whose district the line passes thru, will not vote for the funding unless the high speed line includes a stop in HIS district. So a stop in every congressional district between New York and Miami will render the "high speed" train no faster than a conventional passenger train.
Express service is a thing
@@whoisthatkidd2212 the reps want the express service to stop at their stops
It doesn't help that automobile and airline industries have monopolies with firm control over people's choices in transportation.
0:48: 🚄 The US lags behind in high-speed rail, but it could provide environmental benefits and alleviate congestion
4:08: 🚆 High-speed rail is gaining popularity in America, but the only true high-speed rail system under construction is in California, which is facing budget and construction challenges.
08:04: 💰 The primary reason why America is behind on high-speed rail is due to lack of funding and political will.
11:54: 🚆 Private companies and tech giants are investing in high-speed rail projects in the US, with some optimism for the future of train travel.
15:25: 🤔 It is unlikely for California to catch up with the world's quick deployment of projects due to various hindrances.
Recap by Tammy AI
I'll never forgive the US Car Companies who banded together to buy politicians to make sure they remain car centric and to never speak of rail systems. I'm 30 Years old, and never wanted a car, and never will drive one. I love cities with public transportation.
Good job, Tammy
@@makotonarukami7468 You clearly don't know what you are missing. You act as if cars are objectively bad options. They aren't. Public transportation has its benefits, but so do cars.
So you're saying the HSR of China and Japan are not real HSR?
@@baddriversofthenorcalarea500 Cars will have their benefits when they stop being so dangerous, I really dont feel comfortable driving in a crowded af city
USA: we are a car country
Japan: No problem, how many do you need?
If the USA went to trains in a big way, Toyota, Hondaa, BMW, Volkswagon, & a dozen other foreign car companies would go bust!
We are their biggest customer!
CAREFUL of what you wish for!
Poor usa, Because I like the wrx sti #Idontlikeford
@@leehansen4750 NO problem, they're all switching to make electric cars for the world's largest market - China. (That's the country mentioned in this documentary as also having the world's largest HS rail system)
USA: uhhhhh yes
@Justin Xie Don't get your point Justin, parking's a problem everywhere, no different in China. However, in most big cities parking in shopping centres is far cheaper than other countries. On the matter of cars made in China, I was pointing out that China is leading the world in building electric cars, not gas-guzzlers. Electric cars are the future, petrol cars - which countries like the US just can't let go of - are the past. Building a brand name and identity fame is very hard, China has to learn how to compete with big names, but it does with all the joint ventures it has with big branded companies; it takes time. What my reply above was trying to answer is that unlike the US, China is not so interested in (what you call) showing off, although they are saying we can own cars too...THEY are, electric ones. And they are not cheap in China- a hybrid Lexus can cost 1.7million rmb - far more than in the US. When China buys more Chinese made vehicles prices will fall. As for the trains - you know they're fantastic, and fly like a plane...
The US is now completely incapable of building any large infrastructure project. Every project is ridiculously politicized and seen as a giant money grab bag that results in grossly inflated costs and endless delays.
I concur.
damn.. so similar to hk, but glad we pushed thru the rail, and other big infrastructure projects. so many oppositions.. wasting money blah blah bla..
@Sleepy BIden lmfao he hasn’t built a single infrastructure project that benefits all americans.
Land acquisition is the biggest obstacle in the US. Faster trains require straighter tracks. Property owners litigate to keep projects from moving forward. Not to mention stricter environmental laws than places like China, requiring tedious and costly environmental impact studies that can go nowhere due to corruption.
On top of that the US is a very large nation, and even at top speeds, trips would be discouragingly long compared to air travel. High speed rail is just not something people in the US want, it is only a vocal minority that desire it.
We are not a culture that embraces rail travel. And culture is something that needs to change organically, forcing it to change will encounter resistance.
The US is NOT Europe, The US is NOT Japan, the US is NOT China.
@@allisonwu3762 Eisenhower was the last President to do that. Don't just blame your favorite punching bag.
Whoever thinks the average Americans do not need high rail system please pay a trip to Japan, Taiwan, and China to first-handed experience the convenience of the mass transportation. Don't be shy of changing your opinion once you open your eyes.
If i live in US and my property is getting in the way of the railway line, i will happily give up my property with an appropriate compensation fee which will be reinvested to the railway business
So basically, again in the history of America, a faster and much more efficient process was abandoned for slower and less efficient process because the money of large companies was more important
As an American I agree 100% with ur comment. Our government is corrupt to its core.
@@patriot-wf1er
Its so corrupt, that it has no intrest in building high speed railways. Their only intrest is to fight in the Republican vs democrat war, while chinece goverments wants high-speed railways, so thats why they are now in China. With the corruption and how US people nowdays behave I dont think US will get efficently a lot high speed railways through the whole country in bready long time.
Environmental laws are crazy. This is why it costs so much to build a project.
@@rickporvaznik5030 that also thanks to amarica
@@jout738 lol have you seen corruption in china, all they do is cut corners
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Every problem in America starts off like “well some rich people felt like they weren’t making enough money”
Don't worry, they'll be burning in Hell in no time since like 70% of them are about as old as fossils anyway. :)
THIS
😂😂😂😂😂
@@GreatBigBallz I'm American...
@@jonathanhall5836 I don't know what's more ironic, the fact he said that America is less corrupt than every country in the world, or he said that to someone with the American flag as their PFP.
I really enjoyed the Auto train from DC to Florida. More such railroad should be built. Much waited Houston to Dallas line.
Wait they have to drive everywhere and they think it's normal.
* *Laughs in European* *
US : Our country isn't flat enough.
France and UK : Should we tell them we have rails under the sea ?
That’s submarine trains.
EUROSTAR! Love it, it's so amazing
Switzerland: should we tell them we have the longest and deepest tunnel? (57km (35-mile) 2.3 km below the surface of the mountains twin-bore Gotthard base tunnel, which cost $12bn and took 17years to build)
Just remind the French and the Germans why they haven't spoken Russian for the past 75 years.
And while your at it, remind the Japanese why they haven't spoken Chinese for the past 75 years.
You see, maybe if they would have been forced to spend their money on that....... They wouldn't have high speed rail. Or low cost health care. Or guaranteed government pension plans for life. Then again maybe they would have all just sat around, holding hands and singing kumbaya!
The South Koreans know why they're not ruled by a family of dictators.
@@rng8891 yeah ofc the usa saved the whole world from the evil communism thank you captain america now please pay your insulin 250$
I am Japanese.
In Japan, 70% is occupied by mountains, and has a complicated topography. The Shinkansen also passes through many mountains. That is why the long nose of the Shinkansen was born. The long nose gradually reduces the air pressure by gradually increasing the surface area from the tip so that no explosion noise is generated when entering the tunnel at high speed.
Lets just say Americans aren’t the brightest
That's very interesting. Thx for the info!
I think a city and regional planning professor from Berkeley should not use words while explaining a project expenses " very expensive tunneling, passing through such areas etc. "specially for a TV program comparing it with Japan a country which its 70% are mountains. I believe (I want to believe) he knows that is not true.
spoilsport engineers! Tunnel explosions would be more fun and impactful! THE FUTURE HAS ARRIVED! :)
めだか太郎 , LOL. You’re funny! Your reasoning is false. That wasn’t the main reason why the Japanese high speed train has funny looking long nose. Correct answer is the how the tunnel was built. Back in early 1960s , the tunnels were built for a lower end of high speed which meant they were tight/narrow tunnels. As the speed increased to 300kph, many high speed train countries had to redesign with enlarged and shape of tunnel entrance and exit to reduce the air pressure. The Japanese train solution was to built/redesigned train with a long nose in the front and in the back
Correct me if I'm wrong, Indonesia has already launch this kind high-speed railway, not only the first in Southeast Asia, but also the world's first among other southern hemisphere countries, named Whoosh!
And when Whoosh was opened, the Philippines in the other hand, neglected railways in focus in automobiles resulting on squatters 😊😊
I take the local electric train, the Metro, 50 miles across LA right now, when I need to go.. It's faster than driving. It's far less stressful. And it is a lot cheaper, and I have a car that gets 30-40+ mpg. Or less in stop and go driving, which is pretty much the way it is now, from almost sun up to sun down. I'm never alone on the train, there are a lot of people taking it. I've ridden the train from LA to SF. Of course it's ridding on buses over half the way there and takes longer than driving. Cheaper though.
The "flatlands" of Japan had me dying hahahahahaahaha
IKR lol
so as China
and China
I think he means the real flatlands of Japan not the mountains but I get it
@@FlatEarthKiller brother over 80 percent of japan is mountains that s not an excuse
saying japan and china can build easier because its flat there is BS. Japan bore through every mountain and China bridges over any body of water, meanwhile CA can't even complete a route through the flat valley
bored
Chinese basically build bridges over everything, even flat lands lol
@@cocutou government? You mean tax payers.
Ryko Kohne Japan is a small dense country. The U.S. Is a massive loosely sprawled country with cities being hundreds of miles apart and millions if not billions of acres of suburban sprawl
@@LucasFernandez-fk8se so the US is similar to China in that sense. Your point?
dallas to houston in an hour. Just imagine
Blame the airline, automobile, and oil & natural gas companies' greed for our antiquated transportation system!
US: Japan didn't have to deal with mountains.
Japan: whole island is made up of mountains. Builds the shinkansen line to Nagano in the 1990s for the Winter Olympics in the JAPANESE ALPS.
*Holed up Japan's Hills and Mountains join the chat*
He was really ignorant for saying that.
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Dean Stephens yes and the tohoku Shinkansen in which that northern region is extremely mountainous
Yes, but Japan doesn't have to deal with earthquakes.
no, wait...
High speed rail? Hell some cities in the USA can't even get a light rail system lmao 😂 😂😂 😂
Every city in India with more 1 million population will have a metro system by 2024.
@@chawrakaxom559 that's awesome it's a shame the U.S won't do that LoL
@@jimross4060 that's very true as well maybe the bullet trains can deliver some clean water LoL
@@chawrakaxom559 how much money has your government received from the u.s. government?
@@chawrakaxom559 in the Philippines 🇵🇭 we have that since 1986
Took Chinese high speed rail Shanghai to Beijing and back, 860 miles.Took about 6 hours including two stops, Nanjing and Tianjin. They now have trains that do it in 4.5 hrs. These trains are wonderful. Big difference between China and U.S. other than style of government is that many Chinese officials were trained as engineers, while here we have a lot of lawyers.
Yeah, many Chinese leaders are graduates of Tsinghua University which President Xi is one of them. The irony is that Tsinghua Uni. is built by American money.
So true. Nobody has other disciplines anymore. Everyone in real estate, business, law. Nobody with STEAM skills is in enough power, nobody is bringing a different perspective.
If there was a HSR from Seattle to San Jose, I would never fly that route again.
As the number of American kids entering universities continues to decline, we will have fewer doctors, teachers and engineers. In China, as in Europe, a university education is free, if you qualify. In the US middle class kids leave with a debt between $80 and 100thousand dollars that will take most of their working lives to pay.
The medical schools, back in the 70’s were nearly impossible to get into. High GPAs, SATs and MedCats were not enough to get you in. The law schools were not as stringent. So bright kids either went into law, or some went to foreign medical schools. The result was too many lawyers and not enough doctors. It was a real mess. It’s s easier now but the problem is the expense. Also 20% fewer kids are even going to college and the enrollment is declining yearly.
What about China who builds high speed rail in Tibet which is 3000m above sea level featuring 47 tunnels and 121 bridges. Terrain and geography isn't the excuse here.
So many excuses.. High speed rail in Germany and France goes right through densly populated and mountainous regions.
Pim Scholten So many excuses*
All of those countries are more dense than America. We're so huge that only air and cars will work for all but the best paid urban workers.
And obviously those nations are doing poor with cars. Oh wait. No. Germany, Japan are producing more than the US and France is strongly in the top 10. Oh America.
@Skrooge Lantay lol.. america is not dense compared to china and even europe
USA has suburbia, which France, Germany and Japan don't have.
If you get off the high speed rail station, you will readily find local transportation to your home or your final destination easily in the major cities of Europe, China and Japan.
Not so in USA. for example, If you get off downtown Los Angeles train station, it will take 1 hour car ride to your home in Beverly Hills.
and there is no buses or metro between those two destination. you have to either hire a taxi or rent a car. meaning you were better off going by airplane at this point.
I'm an American and served in the military. In the 90s I was in Tokyo and when I got back to the states I was ashamed of our current infrastructure. We are so far behind
Same thing I experienced after being in the military. The sad part is Americans still think we have the best of everything.
Americans have been told they have best of everything for politicsl reasons and that belief was there for very long time.
Well that was the 90s and things aren't that far behind now. But America should have invested in HSR DECADES ago
No one mentions the fact that our rail infastructure is geared toward freight transportation because of population density and the size of the US. Europe and Japan have many more ocean ports than the US has.
Mike W we do have the best of everything with the exception of rail but who needs trains anymore? It's not 1800 it's 2019 we don't need more rail in this country we need more Jesus (MILLENNIALS). Remember most countries are 3rd world countries (France) or second world countries (Australia). The U.S. And Canada are the 2 REAL first world nations on earth. Many lie and claim they are "first world" but you can tell they are liars by just using Google maps and looking around their cities and seeing that everything is ugly. This is why the U.S. Is the best because we are free and have all the best infrastructure besides rail and Canada is second because they are a ripoff US
China is filled with mountains, If High-Speed Rail is implemented it will boost economy and job growth. Most times it amazes me greatly how I moved from an average lifestyle to earning over $63k per month, Utter shock is the word. I have understood a lot in the past few years that there are lots of opportunities in the financial market. The only thing is to know where to invest.
I agree with you and I believe that the secret to financial stability is having the right investment ideas to enable you earn more money, I don’t know who agrees with me but either way I recommend either real estate or bitcoin and stocks.
I keep wondering how people earn money in financial markets, i tried trading bitcoin on my own made a huge loss and now I'm scared of investing more.
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@@bjoe631 You allow people to trade for you? that's interesting, I would love to learn, hope it’s safe?
Wow I can't believe you guys are discussing about Gary Mason Brooks , I once met him at a conference in California 2019, just before the pandemic. I can testify that he’s very good in trading..Highly recommended.
In the US what we need to look at is the main city links... say SF-NY or LA-DC how long does it take flying (assuming good weather, nonstop, no delays) 5 to 6 hours... to that you need to had ride to and from the airports + 2 hours check-in that gives you roughly 10 to 12 hours downtown to down town. A high speed train at 200 mph would take 3000/200= 15 hours downtown to down town... but you can take a sleeper and it's fantastic.
“Flat lands of Japan” this guy clearly doesn’t know what he is talking about
Flat? Japan is mostly mountains.
My point exactly
That was my thought exactly. I'm from Ireland and I've traveled in Japan by train and it's tunnel bridge tunnel bridge constantly.
Hmm yes mountains are flat lands
Last time it was said in the street that Himalaya is kinda as flat as the Midwest in the States, and the Mount Everest is about the same as the pitcher mound of the baseball field. That's why Modi regime is about to launch a highspeed rail project right at the Mount Everest if he should win the election next time. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
When I visited Europe I loved doing 300kmh/187mph on the trains there. Smooth, fast, safe, clean. Awesome. So much better than being stuck in traffic.
@Sylvain D Thank you Louis XIV. He said Europe, not France. Yes, it's fairly well known the French strike over just about anything.
Yeah visited , go live public transport day I’m and day out . I’ve done that I’m Sydney for four years and everyone hates it . Even Australians who are normally very upbeat talk trash about it .
@Poopy1234 for sure but still missing the part of who wants to ride public transport, I suppose those who like timetables and schedules . Also why do you need to work in SF but live in Anaheim. High speed rails also help spread disease faster because you can travel between geographic regions faster and faster and subvert quarantine rules and have exposure to more people.
@@Paul-vk6ed Compare rail to air-travel. If you can answer "yes, I want/need to travel by airplane" and the distance is less than 750 km (that's just over 450 US miles), then high speed train has the same characteristics of air travel (it is public transport, it has schedules, it spreads diseases and exposes you other people) BUT it is a better alternative, as it is often faster, more reliable, less dependent on the weather and environment friendlier. The 750 km radius is enough to connect many of the major cities on the east and the west coast of the US. If you build a real high-speed network like the Japanese or the Chinese, you can increase the radius to 900-1000 km.
Well, that place is China, not Europe.
when it comes to real estate (that's THE big issue) compare the width of a 2X4 line freeway VS 2 rails. The land is there, we need to use freeways to build high speed rails.
Why we don't? Because we are obsolete loosers. Coming from Asia trip Japan China, and S. Korea being my favorites with public transportation fascinating and the prices relatively cheap. Coming back to the USA was like going back 35 yrs. Really sad seeing Amtrak hahaha absolute pain to my eyes and our ego.
"Flat lands of japan"
ARE YOU JOKING?!
Look at a map and show me those flat lands, or maybe leave out Japan of that sentence, would it have been so hard to mention just 1 example?
As there's a mountain in the background.
Nagano is in the middle of the mountains and they literally dug a hole for the Shinkansen in there lol
Nina S the maglev line is under construction and they’re literally gonna bore through the southern Alps.
@@hamanakohamaneko7028 I totally forgot about that one! It‘s the Chūō Shinkansen you‘re talking about right? That‘ll be super awesome once it‘s done... probably also unaffordable for my poor self but one can dream. Maybe someone will finally pay me for the trip lol
Nina S My prefecture against the project because a river might dry. Maglev is cool, cheap water is also cool. For the price, it will be 800 yen or 8 dollars more expensive than the current Nozomi.
It's been drilled into American heads that using public transportation is low-class and only for the poor. When I fly to Europe, I never rent a car. Rail is boss. Once you ride the rails in Switzerland, your whole idea about rail travel will change! 🇨🇭
nah the Thalys TVG private rail from paris to amsterdam & amsterdam to paris only. fastest rail in europe @ 190mph and a really nice 1st class coach.
Not to mention every component in the automobile industry will fight tooth, and nail to quash any attempt to create a viable alternative to cars.
@@goofusmaximus1482 True. But cars won't disappear. We will still need them inside our cities.
@@dibujodecroquis1684 if there was a robust public transportation grid in the U.S., fewer people would use them as often as they do now. It is certainly possible a sizeable group of Americans would say goodbye to car ownership altogether, and rent them on an as needed basis.
@@goofusmaximus1482 They already did it with electric light rail in the 1950s - auto and tire companies convinced cities to scrap street cars. It all contributes to ugly urban sprawl.... 🏪🏢🏠🏣🏬
I had a good look thanks. In order for Acela to run faster than it is now, the Northeast Main Line needs to be speeded up, but the answer is to build a dedicated high-speed train line between Washington DC-New York-Providence.(When upgrading existing railroads, there must be absolutely no railroad crossings in all areas.)
If you have to make it underground inevitably along the existing route along the beach, you have to boldly make it an underground route.
In addition, the routes are extended to Ottawa-Scranton-Maryland-Washington D.C., Providence-Portland-Bangor-Holton, and Washington D.C-Richmond-Goldsboro-Wilton. .
Washington D.C-Charlotte-Atlanta-New Orleans-Galveston-Corpus Christi-Mexico City-Acapulco I hope that the high-speed rail will be built to make Washington D.C-Mexico City faster and closer.
For the success of the high-speed rail construction in the USA!
(Texas High-Speed Railroad) If some sections do not work well due to land expropriation opposition from polar land owners (opponents of the high-speed rail), it is better to build a high-speed rail with an underground road in that section. . Depth 50-60m. There is no reason for the high-speed train to be delayed because of some sections.
South Korea (Seoul, Busan, Gyeongbu, Suseo-Dongtan, Suseo High-Speed Railroad), China, and even some European countries have high-speed rails with some sections underground, but there is no need to build them only on the ground. or overpass. You can take a high-speed train in another country or look up an encyclopedia and actively deal with it. Because there is nothing wrong.
(About the Florida high-speed rail route)Sorry for the speed. If electrification was done, the train would be able to run faster... Germany's ICE-T (it can be introduced only after receiving budget support and electrification) or TCE-TD (diesel with tilting function can run quickly without the need for electrification) We hope that it will become a bright line that can run faster than before by introducing tilting trains such as the only diesel-powered high-speed train.).
America would rather have you sit in traffic for hours in a city instead of a train that doesn't stop moving
the "flatlands of japan where they built the shinkansen"
Has this man been to Japan?
I have... I sure remember tons of tunnels but what do I know
Since tunnels are dug, the tracks are flat ;)
Mountains and forests ... Japan is 67% forest
I was wondering the exact same thing. If you keep to the coast, it's not as bad, but there are plenty of tunnels through mountains and other areas.
Lol, they do have flat lands too though. Japan is not a good example because its got the opposite situation of America: terrible, and prohibitively costly car infrastructure; but lots of trains. I think most Americans would take our traffic jams by a long shot if they tried riding on weekday morning Tokyo trains
No offense guys but as a German I felt like in a 3. world country, when I was taking a train from NY Penn Station to DC.
You felt that because it is.
not to mention the subway station in NY is extremely dirty.
Anthony Wong ugh they’re gross
yeah same feeling you are not alone
As a Chinese also have the same feeling in Germany, when I travel from Braunschweig to Munich, it takes 6 hours with ICE!!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yeah, Amtrak should talk... Earlier this year (2023) I had reserved and paid for a ticket from LA to San Diego. The day before my trip I am getting a text message "please call such and such number because there has been a change in your itinerary". I called twice, both times was put on hold listening to the music and both times, after waiting for 30 minutes, I was disconnected without getting through. So I had to take city transportation to the LA train station to find out in person that my train is cancelled and that I can take the bus instead. The heck with such service. If Amtrak does not substantially improve their standards, they better not count on high demand on the part of travellers.
I would love to see a speed train from NYC to Chicago directly. Several airlines have one flight every hour from each of the 3 airports to Chicago's 2 airports. Imagine!
total insanity
... NYC to Chicago, just fly. It's weird how people exaggerate how wonderful a train is. People want to believe in crazy things that magically will make life better.. if we had only trains and no planes people would fantasize about a plane.... Yuppies always want toys and distractions from govt...
And although the us car manufacturers practically eliminated all the "rivals" on the rails, the two biggest car companies are not Ford or General Motors, but Toyota from Japan and Volkswagen from Germany. What a sweet irony...
Toyota and Volkswagen benefited from Kawasaki and Siemens, and vice versa. Cars can bring people to places with no trains, trains can bring people to places where car is impractical.
Also, despite massive investment in rail network, China have the largest automotive market (in terms of demand).
When car parts and employees can be transported by train, cars become cheaper.
@@thefirstprimariscatosicari6870 Indeed, that is what made cheap German cars in European Union possible. The cars themselves are even delivered by train.
For clarification, German automakers do sell (somewhat) cheap models (BMW 1 series, Mercedes-Benz A-class, Audi A3, Opel Corsa, etc.). They are just not for sale in North America.
Exactly Hyundai which has both rail(Rotem) and road(Hyundai car) and also robot(Boston Dynamics). Hyundai is considered a midscale company in Korea as only IT companies such as Samsung and Nekaraku are considered chaebols.
Umm, GM and Ford no longer make gas cars, so they probably aren't going to beat Toyota or VW. However by reducing production to zero, they will be able to match Toyota build quality. How about an nice EV?
China will build our trains for us, in exchange all they want is our DARPA database , SSBN USS Columbia, CVN's Gerald Ford, Enterprise, and John F Kennedy, 15,000 metric tons of gold, and the State of Hawaii.
That's less than half of Amtrack's estimate. ;))
“The flatlands of Japan.” What the heck was that guy talking about? There are no flatlands in Japan and I can promise you that, on the times I’ve ridden the Shinkansen up and down Japan, it goes through the mountains that make up more than 70 of the country.
Agree. The Us has more flatlands than Japan. I lived there for 3 years and tried shinkanzen.
There are many flat areas such as the Kantō Plain, the area where Tokyo and a few other prefectures sit.
It's when even reporters turn biased
@@user-mh2bw4hu3o even tho,china and japan are still far more mountainous than us
He is not capable of locating Japan on a globe.
Oil, auto, real estate, and insurance companies are all gang up on California High-Speed Rail Project.
Honestly. Even on a good day it takes over 3 hours to get to my grandparents house. Id love to take the bus to Seattle and then be in Portland in a little over an hour.
i mostly work abroad, China, Germany France, Korea. Every time i come back to LA, take a taxi to H405...terrible... it seems stepping back in the 1950s.
americanstupid
America is literally in decline thanks to extreme capitalism.
Embarrassing infrastructure
coffeeinthemorning ah ah good one! Get your coffee !
Well, our politicians *do* want to make America Great "Again", but from the sound of things, "again" might be referring to the 19th century... maybe it will help revive the coal industry, lol. --> ruclips.net/video/tbuw1uHlp1M/видео.html
A fully integrated high speed rail system that extended across the entire US would probably do wonders for the economy and job growth. Think about it...if you live in Houston but had the ability to travel to Dallas in 90 minutes, you suddenly aren’t confined to your small corner of the world.
That would be one of the biggest construction projects in world history though, the US is big and the geography on the west coast is very hard for high speed rail
@@nathanhaslam2798 sounds like it would make a lot of jobs
@@nathanhaslam2798 China is bigger and still can do it and Japan has a lot more geographical differences in terrane
Nathan Haslam why ??? Do just two. One on each coast. It would be a good start. US is falling behind civilized world...
Then you would have to take a cab or rent a car when you got there. Houston metro is huge. 10,062 square miles. That's about 100 miles by 100 miles. Dallas is way smaller in comparison, about 1/30th the size of Houston. The costs of building a rail system just in California are astronomical. It was estimated at $100 billion. And then there's cost overruns in government projects. As a rule of thumb in these type of ventures where land and environmental laws come into play, triple that. If we had slave labor like China, the cost would be less. Instead we have prevailing wage laws. I've worked on projects like that. The minimum I got paid in 2009 was $37/hr...depending on what I was doing. Some days it was $43/hr. And that wasn't a highly skilled job either. I'd been on the job for just over a year.
its hillarious. im watching this from the uk.... we are in exactly the same place when it comes to the issues of our rail network. we are making one really reeeeeally short high speed route, a drop in the ocean compared to the rail network of the uk... its had to be cut back considerably because of the immense rising cost to build... infact the cost is enough to completely overhaul (current state) the entire uk rail system.
UK choose Japan not China to build HS2,it is one of the reason it cost so much
The advantages of using your own car are so enormous that I will never take a train again.
I live in Amsterdam. This Friday I will take a train to Paris. The journey takes 3h20. The ticket cost me €35.
@tripd Come to Lisbon, Portugal just recently the price for a month long pass on all trains and public transport in greater Lisbon dropped to € 40,- .
A train ticket from Amsterdam to Paris costs anywhere from $50 to $300 depending on how early you book it. A non-stop plane ticket from New York to Toronto costs $185 if I want to fly tomorrow. The distances are about the same, 250 miles to Paris and 300 miles to Toronto. Oh, and the plane is more than twice as fast.
@@mosipd ......and twice the hassle !
as if the ticket price represents the cost of the trip. you're hilariously simple in your thinking.
Here is what most in Europe do not realize about the US. Your trip from Amsterdam to Paris is about 507km or 315 miles. Now I live in Texas so we will use that as an example. From Beaumont to El Paso is 1331km or 827 miles. That's just one state. Granted that it's a large state, but just one never the less. The US is way too large for high-speed rail to be practical.
Here's the problem, plain and simple, politicians are elected by people, but they are lobbied by corporate America who cares more about profits than Americans.
free market is the solution, not the problem.
@@rockwithyou2006 not when the system is corrupt. Learn before speaking
@@OpiumBride You shold visit China, check out the freedoms that in the US you certainly don't have!
Vivian Lee there is no communism in China, only socialism. The market runs partially on capitalist model and is under scrutiny of the authority. As for policy making, the government works on meritocracy and centralised hierarchy. Communism is nothing more than a slogan.
The modern China has a governing style similar to that of Singapore, would you call Singapore a communist country?
@@zl4101 It suits the US to say Communism because it's afraid of people seeing how well China and its people are doing under their socialist system. US mentality is still (for many) back in the mind-set of the 1950s!
1. Personal expression through car ownership
2. Distributed pre-existing universal network
3. Reliability by distributed ownership
4. Personal space, cargo flexibility
5. Cars are faster point to point than rail
On a continental scale, HSR is for point to point travel and cars, buses are for 'last mile' travel.
Honestly, I'd donate a few dollars towards a public high-speed rail project.
*“Flatlands of japan??!”* He has no idea what he’s talking about 😂😂😂. Japan is literally just mainly mountains
I think that we was saying that most of the railways are on the flatest part of Japan which is kinda true yet not entirely true. Same goes for France and Italy, some railways go trough the Alps.
Other nations have figured out the many benefits of high speed rail. Automobiles and airplanes are literally choking our economy, citizens and environment.
actually Islands. and theres flat lands there.
@@baptoufragilise roads and tunnels as well.
or Eastern China nonsense. Xi'An to Beijing goes through multiple tunnels Xi'an To Xining is 70% tunnels.
If Japan and China can build it, there is no reason for americans to not be able to, but they are just lazy irresponsible money sinkers.
Something no one wants to admit, in America, there are a lot of DEATHS that go with driving cars.
That's because we have poor standards when granting driver's licenses.
Oh we know, we just don't care lol. We do it so much because we have to, and thus we perceive as less risky
Mhm
Ban prius drivers.
@@stratosphere2323 But hey! At least you get to die in your own car! And not a commie train you have to share with people /s
When I was in university on a summer vacation I rode Eurorail from Paris to Athens for $90.00. Add it up!
Car ownership has been a financial drag against the lower middle class and the middle class,.
America cannot build enough highways to meet the interest structure demand it just isn't fiscal y possible
America: our country isn’t flat enough.
Switzerland: hey? What about building a nearly 50 kms long train tunnel trough a mountain wich is 2100 meters high?
(Gotthard basis tunnel)
UK and france: how about building a track under an ocean?
Japan is a mountainous country as well, even if the Tokyo metropolitan area is flat, the bullet trains that travel across the country have to be built around mountains.
The "it's too big" argument always gets me too. They had a NATIONAL network before WW2, as this video itself says. Russia which is larger has a country wide network. China has one, India has one. It's just stupid. Excuses, not reasons.
America:our country isn't flat enough.
All developing countries with high speed rail network: You have straight roads and tunnels, have nuclear powered aircraft carrier, and automobile companies. And just you can say you can't build high speed rail network system. Why do you call yourself superpower if you don't have that?
America has a much lower population density. It only makes sense to have high speed rail on the coast.
@@epicmatter3512 so why aren’t they building high speed tracks on the coast?
@7:20 did the expert just say it’s flat land in Japan and they haven’t dug too many tunnel!
Dude have you even used the Shinkansen once?
They have tunnelled through mountains to keep the track straight!
@Nezumi Speed jeez, generalize much? Just because this guy made a faux pas, it doesn't mean the whole country is ignorant.
(BTW I'm not American)
@@Pedro-tm6ue As an American, most Americans are ignorant. This news media constantly make ignorant statements.
@Nezumi Speed do not include California in that statement. We get thousands of people coming here for education/jobs. Generalization does not work.
@Nezumi Speed LOL "Americans". Hope you know that America is a continent, and American means people who are living in the continent of America
@@stanley19430 All I was trying to say is not to take an isolated thing and turn it into a country wide problem. I'm not saying that what the guy said couldn't be true but I couldn't really say for myself.
The main problem with HSR funding is the fact that a lot of US states like to build via contractors, which makes everything more expensive in building
Second: in the mid - 1920s, many countries financed their investments through loans from the US. While it was often extremely easy to raise loans in the US when the going was good, US overseas lenders panicked at the first sign of trouble. In the first half of 1928, US overseas loans amounted to over $ 1 billion.
WTF!
Some of the Shinkansen lines in Japan go through mountain areas and need a lot of tunnels. Nothing about the flatlands he talks about.
A considerable portion of the line Tokyo-Osaka runs in tunnels.
And the line going underwater to Hokkaido...
Yep the longest undersea tunnel in the world an enginering masterpiece in a very seismic active !area
Like the video says blame the car/avaition companies and the politicians
They're clueless
Just understand that many of these people in this video are straight up liars
Just love Japanese railway system.
Taking a long haul trip from Tokyo to Osaka, takes around 3:30 hours. That will be 12 by car.
And trains depart every 10 minutes. It seems more like commuting rather than long haul journeys.
America: *$1 Trillion for a Military, no problem*
Also America: *$5 Billion for a supper fast train? No way*
*600 billion dollars and mostly to develop new military technologies because China keeps bootlegging ours and a super fast train system has no market in the US
And it wouldn’t cost 5 billion lmao
@@MalarkeyMan the bullet train will be better for us then a new tank that we do not ever need.
Reddit Stop lmao you say that now because we aren’t in a major war.
@@MalarkeyMan So far right now are military is way advance and is having more funds then the next 26 most funded militaries combined. Maybe we can put some of that budget in to our own wellbeing. Like better schools, high speed rails, better public trans and universal healthcare for most people. Not everything has to go to the military. Spread out our budget more.
We've similar problems here in the UK to those in California. I wasn't aware of how the big corporations colluded like that, I guess they may of done it here in the sixties under the guise of cost cutting (the Breeching cuts).
This American driver loves them. Roundabouts remove the confusion of having to turn left in a four way traffic light controlled intersection where there is no left turn indicator arrrow. . Roundabouts are simple. Look left turn right. When it's time to exit turn right again. EASY. Sedona AZ has lots of them too.
Nice town.
Uh Japan is mostly mountains, and the Shinkansen has to go through them. It's by no means a flat country.
I was laughing when that guy said that.
@@gabrielm-art7439 Right!! It is unbelievably dumb and untrue. Just add this reality to the longlist of reasons why America is "Third World" country parading about as a "First World" country simply holding on barely with the invisible clothes of neo-liberal global stock markets and finance industry
Excuses 😂
Yeah clearly they never saw the line to Kyoto from Tokyo heh.
@@nicholasammon4790 You need to look up the definition of Third World and First world. What you said was dumb and untrue lmao.
Bring back trains. I’m tired of traffic and paying for insurance and car bills.
Did you not hear the part were they sounded envious that the Chinese government controls most of the land, or how they have less strict labor laws? I swear, some of these politicians are not even trying to hide the fact that they want to become a socialist country. Not surprisingly they are from California, which has a one party system.
@@AthenaGateI really was just focusing on more affordable transportation. However, the politicians are the problem. Because of them getting paid to prevent new industry from competing with their lobbyist friends, we progress at a snail speed.
High speed rail would be so much more efficient and useful and so many people would use it. The only reason auto is the main choice right now is because people have no other choice. AND ITS NOTHING TO DO WITH CHINA. NOT EVERYTHING IS TO DO WITH CHINA
@@gooser__43 that’s why someone needs to change these rules. And that’s why private companies like space x have made so much more advancements in so little time with so much less money. Politics is the problem, politicians only look out for themselves.
@@gooser__43 actually people would much prefer rail travel if it was an option bypassing 4 hour traffic jams. Rail makes travel much more efficient and cheaper in the long run
Taking a train is FREEDOM!
I am from the Netherlands and I was on vacation in Atlanta Georgia and wanted to visit Charlotte North Carolina, rental cars was very expensive, flying to much hassle, taking a train would the best option for this short trip.
They had plans to connect the "Texas Triangle" (Houston − Dallas- San Antonio) with a privately financed high-speed train system. Funding for the project was to come entirely from private sources, since Texas did not allow the use of public money. The original cost was $5.6 billion, but the task of securing the necessary private funds proved difficult. Southwest Airlines, with the help of lobbyists, created legal barriers to prohibit moving forward and the entire project was eventually stopped in 1994, when the State of Texas withdrew the franchise.Several hotel chains like Days Inn, Best Western, and La Quinta Inn, as well as fast food Restaurants like McDonald's and Burger King lobbied against the plan, mainly because many of their locations were along Interstates and in several highway-dependent rural towns.
Texas needs more freight lines. Governor Perry wanted to see more freight lines so rail passenger service could resume between the big cities and the smaller towns along the way. He said slower trains are cheaper and have more riders if there's plenty of stops.
Texas needs more freight lines. Governor Perry wanted to see more freight lines so rail passenger service could resume between the big cities and the smaller towns along the way. He said slower trains are cheaper and have more riders if there's plenty of stops.
“The US is now completely incapable of building any large infrastructure project. Every project is ridiculously politicized and seen as a giant money grab bag that results in grossly inflated costs and endless delays” ~Matt Bonneville, 7 months ago
There is a private high speed line being built between Dallas and Houston, and will be the first one.
I wonder why biden can't put the military engineers on it, like trump did with building his wall. It gives them something to do, and high speed heavy duty rail is always in the military's interest
@@Ardith_Prime hey, good idea! He should
@@MarceloBenoit-trenes Brightline?
@@Ardith_Prime try to post that wherever you can!
No tunneling in Japan? Are you kidding me? Have you looked at a map? Sure, the first lines didn't have many tunnels, and were built almost solely on flatlands along the coast. After all, they are from the 60s and 70s, when tunneling was extremely expensive, not to mention slow. However, recent lines are very tunnel-heavy, travelling long stretches through mountains. The new line between Tokyo and Osaka is practically a metro, with 90% of the line being underground!
What an absolutely ridiculous thing to say.
They made tunnels under the sea connecting some of their main islands too.
F. OPE I took the train from tokyo to Hokkaido island. :-) it went under the sea
Check the Shinkansen tunnel between Honshu and Hokkaido... goes miles under the sea!
Seph this documentary is propaganda from CNBC, what do u expect
@@trutharmy6517 How the hell is this propaganda? It's just inaccurate, I don't see who benifits from it.
*But trains in USA derail pretty often, and derailing at those speeds, can be devastating for all passengers.*
I've heard many times that so-called economic analysts in the US are complaining about the debt of the Chinese high-speed railway. But in the future, it will become difficult for the US to update or even build their crumbling infrastructures with new ones because of high labour costs and commodity prices.
中国的高铁债务主要是腐败造成的，还有一个原因是太多了，有些地方人口稀少，就会造成这段高铁的收入连利息都付不起。由于高铁很方便，导致城市化的加快可能会改善这一点。美国起码应该在东部人口最稠的城市盖一条起到示范作用。
USA: "Oh we don't have money to build trains"
USA: "...we spend more than $600 BILLION every year on military".
They use it on RailGun (the US' pride)
When a slug can go faster than a human
It's a lot more than that.
One fraud investigation in the armed services found an annual discrepancy in the US Army alone that was greater than the official annual national military budget
Its been reliably estimated that the USA military spend is upwards of $3 TRILLION per year - and this as a percentage of GDP is far higher than the levels that bankrupted the USSR
Eisenhower warned about this in the 1960s but the military tail is well and truly wagging the dog now - history shows this situation _NEVER_ ends well
@@miscbits6399 USA will fall apart, 21st century belongs to China. There is no surprise to this tale. It is not a matter of 'if', it is a matter of 'when'.
Pen Muni Yes protecting dead beat places like Japan, EU, Philippines, South Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan etc.send the bill to these nations, pay in 30 days or your on your own. Don’t call us again to protect and save your nation.
And the electricity to power the high speed trains will come from either coal or nuclear plants both bad for the environment and future since the nuclear wast will take hundred's to thousands of years to decade. And for solar power deforest and clear out land to build them.
"Flatlands of Japan where they built the shinkansen"
Americans: Jeografi
Japan had flatlands on the coast like the Kanto Plain. You can not compare with US or european plain regions but it is flatland.
@@BlauesRauschen
Oh, so 1 edge of Japan has flatlands and that's the litmus example we should hold up for the US? Wow, liberals and their magical thinking, these news organizations probably serve Satan himself.
@@americanosbadassius9292
Then tell me your excuse why the US is too stupid to build railroad lines at the level of industrialized nations.
@@americanosbadassius9292 Republitards are so dumb & have so little faith in our great country that they think we can't have good public railroads even though CHINA has them & is a country as big as the USA.
@@rom7633
With our corrupt government and predatory corporations, any big project is a sham passed off to the American public.
I'm certainly open to great ideas that won't increase the debt or unduly burden the people.
I think California tried high-speed rail and never finished it.
The development of HSR in USA will really depend on the system and financial performance of Brightline and Brightline West. If these railways prove to be successful technically and financially, then more private enterprises and investors will appear.
People from Europe: "I drove one hour to another country!"
People from America: "I drove one hour to work."
People from Texas: "I drove one hour to the grocery store."
@Josh Allen yeah...not the same.
European countries are about the same comparitive size of u.s. states and they also border each other. Your statement isn't very meaningful.
Granted if we had a developed high speed rail system in the u.s. then we could go state to state more quickly, which would be the equivalent (distance wise) to country hopping in Europe on the eurorail
@@crwnc1775 Good point. Traveling from one "country" to "another" doesn't mean nearly as much in Europe...
I drove an hour yesterday in the mountains-saw bear, deer, lynx, moose, elk, turkey, -did not see one other person or vehicle. Only Norway and Sweden could you possibly experience this anymore in W EU
Australia same 🙏🇦🇺
So many excuses, at least one guy say " we are bad at building things fast"
Unfortunately we ARE bad at building things fast. Too many blockers. We're certainly not what we used to be.
why build fast that when you build slow or even slower, the world still give loud applause to you
Job security and Union make everthing slow if you see every time you pass by a contruction 1 working and 9 watching.
There is a comparison video of China vs US highspeed railway construction technology around. You should check that out.
Maybe you can hire Chinese workers just like in the past that able to connect the east and west railway. They can make it faster and cheaper in terms of wage.
The Tokaido Shinkansen - there are 66 tunnels - 68.6km in 515.3km line between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka, . The Sanyo Shinkansen, which was built after the Tokaido Shinkansen, has a total of 142 tunnels and 280km of tunnels. As for the Hokkaido Shinkansen, it has the Seikan Tunnel, which is 70% of the entire line is a tunnel. Yep, very "flat" country
the flatlands of japan?? lol there’s so many tunnels and mountains
2:43: This is the American Dream, a freedom on wheels
*_shows traffic jam_
Which of course shows you the bias in the piece; it's like talking about trains and showing only derailments.
@brio There's more to this country than big cities.
Lolz
@brio They do, but as a percentage of the day the roads are used its minimal; even if there is rush hour traffic six hours of the day (three in the morning, three in the evening) there isn't the other 75% of the day.
That's bias; consciously showing traffic to say "roads bad."
This is the ideal American dream, you may not like it but this is what American freedom looks like.
7:15 Did that gentleman really insinuate that the Shinkansen was built across "flat lands"? Has he been to Japan??
I believe he was referring to China.
I don't think so. He's just not willing to admit that the Japanese are more efficient than the US which is also why one segment hasn't cost them $77 billion
@@tomoyamaguchi5756 actually the first line, Tokaido Shinkansen, had cost overruns double its initial budget, which caused the government to reallocate funds from other projects at the time, including the Tokyo Monorail, which is why the monorail ends at Hamamatsucho (a less convenient station) and not at the originally-planned Shimbashi or Tokyo Station. The only difference is, there was political will at the time to prioritize the Shinkansen because of the upcoming 1964 Olympics. The initial problems paid off however, as the line is now heavily used.
Maybe he was a hired narrator just looking at the video footage and a few bullet points on a napkin
@@zacharywho5442 so if the map on this napkin is accurate, Japan is actually completely flat, and rectangular!
The more content I consume regard high speed rail and America's highway system only deepens my desire to see more development of train infrastructure throughout the country
A major barrier to adoption of the Interstate Highway System was that the Interstate bypassed many small towns, HSR isn't going to stop every 5 or 10 miles, sell that to the small businesses that will fold when the train flies by.
There are some risks that need to be made. There NEEDS to be some sacrifice for efficiency, sometimes there might not be a cheap route.
We don't have "high speed" rail because we have "high speed" corruption.
We have LOADs of corruption here... the US is so behind in comparison to the rest of the world.
only in your third world dream world.
I can see your eyes are wide open. Too bad the others have their head in the clouds. Why work when you can con the government into giving you money.
@@joesphfontaine929 Rather it is the majority of the countries outside the U.S. which are more corrupt.
www.transparency.org/cpi2018
High speed rail is not needed in the US. If some state wants to go with it that is there decision.
The man said that the lands of Japan and China were flat lands. At the same time, a large percentage of land in Japan is mountainous. Moreover, China has recently built a railline on the roof of the world in which 90% of the line goes through tunnels and viaducts.
Yeah, Spain has got the second largest high-speed train system despite it being the third most mountainous European country.
Japan is literally tunneling through a massive mountain range just to save an hour from tokyo to osaka, a route which is already 2.5 hours thanks to high speed rail
I think he said that the spot they began building in Japan was mainly flat land.Not the entire country.Obviously China is far from flat with the mountains and huge gorges everywhere,lol.
Yes , 70% of China and Japan's land is mountainous
Losers tend to find execuses for failures.
😯" WELL DONE, CNBC!.... This in-depth report thoroughly explains all of the many complexities and issues regarding, not only High Speed Rail, but Passenger Rail and Airline service in general. This news exploration delved into this widely-popular issue and featured many astute individuals who covered the wide spectrum of reasons why that U.S. & Foreign comparisons are ' like apples to oranges ' . Many U.S. residents outside the largest major metropolitan regions still don't realize that, even in Today's era, numerous small and midsized regions lack basic Amtrak rail or adequate Commercial Airline service. The solution isn't as simple as looking to our City Halls and Statehouses for a quick resolution.
It's often much easier for ' We the People ' to just say that We should have one transportation convenience or another than it is to know and understand the reality and behind-the-scenes influences actually make certain endeavors happen but not others (ex: Funding, Geography & Topography, History, Politics, Public Demand, Etc.) . This report also revealed another clear message for the American public to understand, like it or not. The Private Sector, not the U.S. Government aka ' Uncle Sam ', will be the primary catalyst for developing extensive High Speed Rail service. Why? Nowadays, for better or worse and like it or not, the private sector has the capital and political clout to better influence legislation and motivate politicians than grass roots organizations or municipalities. "
The video is three years old. So, just out of curiosity, how many miles of high-speed (200-220 mph) railways are there in the US now?
The only thing really broken and outdated in this country is it’s government.
Outdated? I beg to differ. We are at the very forefront of media-driven mind control and social engineering.
X to doubt
@@sebastianfonseca6819 What about Germany? Germany is a Republic, was almost entirely destroyed after ww2, was then mislead for another 30 years and only reunited in 1989, that's just 30 years ago. Americans love to come up with the excuse that "they're just a young nation and for there age they already do better than other nations during that time" which makes no sense at all. Back then were different times, it's about right now. The US is the richest country in the world and yet other Nations that have less money surpass it in almost all criteria. Are you seriously trying to tell me that other nations have an advantage because they're older? How would that even work? LITERALLY, nothing is like it was 100 years ago. Any Nation that is older than 100 years is starting from scratch technically.
@@sebastianfonseca6819 For starter, the US is not a democracy and in fact the founding father where openly against the concept of democracy (because you know, people are too stupid to rule themselves...). It's a republic and nothing more (well actually with the lobby system that you have there it's closer to an oligarchy but whatever).
Second, yes it's one of the newest government, and from an economical standpoint the country is successful. Bbut keep in mind that the US has plenty of valuable resources and a humongous fertile territory. It was created by the most dominant culture in the world at the time, so from the begining the US knew how to do well on the international stage. Since it's inception the country has played on easy mode, and when Europe decided to commit suicide during WW2 it just naturally became the most powerful country in the world. Now if you look at the state of education, healthcare, rate of poverty etc, you will find out that the US is FAR from being a good country. It's only one if you are rich which is not the case of the vast majority of ppl...
Our govt. is one of the youngest govts. in the world and I still believe strongly in the American Experiment. The govt. is not broken per se; the real problem is with the kind of people attracted to govt.
Because we have a strong lobby against it. That’s why we don’t have them, has nothing to do with not having the money.
J Calhoun not sure what you are talking about but here in the northeast we would absolutely love to have a bullet train. Sorry the Acela Express doesn’t cut it and it shouldn’t take 6 hours by train to get from Boston to DC. Sorry but trains aren’t obsolete, something tells me you are from the Midwest or the south and see things very differently than someone who is actually from the city where wages are higher and the population is more dense.
@@numbhalo4901 Unfortunately it will not be government funded under Republicans fossil fuel lobbyist.
Up!
@@drepark2294 , dude not everyone from the Midwest is a yokel. I live near Chicago and would love a bullet train system for travel. I hate driving long distances and my wife is deathly afraid of flying. It'd be a win-win for us
Mr.Infumus lol living near Chicago is different, that’s a major city and already leverages trains for daily transportation for its residents.
"Why The US Has No High-Speed Rail?"
Answer: Americans are freaking stubborn and want the "freedom" of driving and owning a car
Always wondered about this.
In Switzerland is the longest tunnel of the world - and it goes through the alps.
I watched the opening ceremony for that. Very satanic.
The tunnel is essential to all Swiss people, but the high speed train is not so much for all AMERICAN.
And, America has in place alternatives for HSR
@@danielwong5099ah yes destory something of beauty when something else is essential. What destructive thinking.
Whoops
Interviewer: Why is high speed rail so expensive in the US?
Person 1: **Makes up a bunch of excuses**
Person 2: We're just bad lol
And yet, a zumwalt navy destroyer costs $4.2 billions.
Bernie wanted to make Rail a reality, unfortunately US doesnt like anyone who speaks sense as a president.
All of the money just for the military. So US can conquer the world by taking others natural resources😎
EPA, Unions, making riders pay the real costs of their ticket are the three main reasons. We left Europe for these kinds of reasons.
@Michael But China built a massive railway to Xinjiang, and it is so difficult to build that if the tickets were 20x more expensive, and every single train was full, it would take China 30 years to regain the cost.
Not to mention the Tibetan Normal Rail. And that is the *highest railway in the world* .
I took trip on Amtrak from St Louis to KCMO in 2016. The trains are old, cramped, offers no amenities. And few small towns connected virtually ghost towns. Sad state of affairs.
just want to say that... in mexico arround the time this video came out they started buiding a railway... 960 miles... and its going to be finish this december 2023... and its only 20 billion... so the US really needs to step it up
7:20 he say china didnt face any tunneling lmao. I think he should visit china and take a railway route and enjoy the 20+miles tunnel length in some places himself
China just takes the land, pays nothing, builds with no care for the environment, and owns all the money so.... yeah... right compare that yeah? fool...
@@mattlane2282 spotted one idiot here, anyone agree?
Matt Lane The train is not profiting tho and the tickets are set at incredibly cheap prices, the goal is to make them affordable for all Chinese citizens
@@nagi-springfield93 I mean he ain't exactly wrong. If they want land, they will make the person move and relocate, there probably is compensation but not a lot. I mean these are the same people that are doing a social credit system? Which in it's own right is ridiculous. I wouldn't be surprised if they don't care about the environment either.
@@MrStone125 those relocate's citizen normally will earn lots of cash and new house for them by selling their land. A better living standard waiting for them instead of living in a place where u can only travel by foot. You got no idea how many people actually wan their land to get occupied by the government
I once took the high speed from London to Paris. The ticket was 200 lbs, but the ticket seller asked me if I was over 65-yes- so they only charged me 90 lbs! 200 miles an hour. I put a glass of water on the table and nothing shook- it was completely still. There was no sound. After an hour I debarked the Gare du Nord in the heart of Paris. LOVED IT! I could ride high speed forever
I am retired, and if we had what Europe has I would get up in the morning and say "Oh I'm going to San Francisco today" and have a tranquil happy trip. All you need is a ticket-they take care of everything else.
90lbs! That's a heavy train ticket.
It's £ not lbs my friend :)
In France we have now a low cost TGV called "Ouigo", the tickets starting at 10€ for the same speed and smoothness as the normal TGV.
I am also retired. I regularly get up in the morning and say "Oh I'm going to San Francisco today". That's what I love about living in Oakland.
China’s high speed rail is most advanced. Sadly American politics will bar that from allowing China to build it. China could build more high speed rail than the entire earth could in 10 years.
I would really like to see an update to this article, considering it came out before the pandemic ????
I don't think the US govt did anything spectacular for its people in anything other than financial disaster, lose friends internationally and became the world's laughing stock; so in HSR, the politicians may not even know what that stands for.
The African Union (AU) is developing an integrated high speed rail network covering the entire continent, connecting most major cities, industrial area, ports etc. The network corridor will also facilitate lines for power, data and gas etc.
Several countries already have hsr up and running: Morocco, Egypt, Tanzania, Nigeria etc. Nigeria this year acquired 2 high speed trains from Milwaukee that were destined for hsr in that state that was scuttled due to politics.
How’s that going its falling like everywhere else
Going better than the US high speed rail