Practicing civil and transportation engineer amazed by the incompetence in my field
Apr 23 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
With Brightline West breaking ground, I want to go over why the nation’s first operational HSR (250+ km/h) will include two stops in the relatively unpopulated desert & not quite make it all the way to LA, as it’s a good lesson about building in the US today🧵
Victor Valley is a testament to the ridiculous environmental laws in the US. XpressWest, who originally started the project, only wanted to go from Vegas to here, w/a huge P&R for riders. When Brightline bought the project, the environmental process was underway w/that plan
