I have! Unfortunately my videos are paused for the time being to focus on school, but hopefully come late December I will be posting again!

@@AmpereBEEP You studying to become a civil engineer by any chance?

@@pieter-bashoogsteen2283 I previously was, but switched majors to Geography in order to focus more closely on Urban/Transportation Planning about 2 years ago.

@@AmpereBEEP so urban and transit planning?

There's still trackside equipment that's part of the signaling system, even when the actual signals are communicated to the driver in-cab.

​@@DavidCiani New ETCS high speed only lines are build without signals to reduce costs and potential points of failure. With the latest tracks, which require monitored train integration, even having no axle counters. The only track side equipment are the OCS, connection to the switches, balise, and occasional a radio block centre

In real life, the orchards around it are about as tall as the viaduct itself, but for obvious reasons I left those out of the model.

I use EOS Landviewer for my A/B comparisons.

Jason Dronin Around's channel has a video with nice imagery from about July 20/21 showing the full length of the viaduct in a basically uncut five minute pan, with pause to orbit over the railroad crossing section to see the column work and the work over SR198 preparing the deck forms for future rebar placement.

Absolutely. Each step forward, no matter how small they seem, is adding toward the huge final goal of opening EOY 2030.

SoCal resident try to pronounce a Central Valley name challenge impossible

@@AmpereBEEP at least you got visalia pretty right, most people that aren't from here mess it up

@@AmpereBEEP but for future reference, you say it like ocean but with a g obviously

Lmao nah mate

I'm sure Gavin Newsom can keep it going when he succeeds Biden in 2029.

Joe didnt start this. this is a california project.

Planning and construction has continued through 3 recessions and counting. Also construction is cheaper during economic slumps.

Yeah there’s clearly no ridership potential. Highways have no traffic, and the air corridors have tons of surplus capacity.

@@Zero76606 California is in a financial crisis; taxpayers leave California daily. California wastes money 💰 and the legislature will scrap HSR

Job security guaranteed this channel will be up until 2055 when they finally finish this thing.

Thank you! I hope to have something awesome to show off soon...

​@@AmpereBEEPI'm sure you heard about the announcement to connect CAHSR and BLW. If not, here is a little blurb about it. Very exciting. "The 54-mile high-speed rail line would serve as a connector between the planned Brightline West Victor Valley Station and the California High-Speed Rail in Palmdale, California."

It is a serious concern for the project as the Trump Administration has already set a precedent that they will pull funding away from the project like they did in 2019. I really am hoping that it never comes to that point, but it is definitely a concern.

@@AmpereBEEP not just that, but also the Republican effort in Congress to cut CA out of any more federal HSR funding. Hopefully that doesn’t come to pass either, or Democrats don’t bend to it in order to get any federal HSR or transit funding bill passed. On any plus side, if CAHSR were to no longer receive any more federal funding, CA could fund Merced-Bakersfield on its own and get trains running by 2033, and potentially to SF and LA although that likely would take a few decades.

You stop our wall, we stop your train, you mean like that?

FINALLY! LET’S GO!

A crucial step towards eventual construction.

Yes, as there are the other CV stations. Things will start out mostly parking lots, but as time goes on most of those lots are planned to be converted to TOD.

I don't think there is any news yet on the CVC, but I will try and find anything if I can. I believe their plan was for the transition to take place in 2035, but that is contingent on them getting even a bus line running in 2028 as their documents suggested.

Using which you'll be able to visit Disneyland's California-themed theme park located in the already California-themed California.

@@nlpnt What! That's ridiculous, California is nothing like California

No he did not. I cannot find a source for that claim, and as far as I can tell, Newsom only supports the project to get backing within the state legislature for his other projects.

Absolutely. In my head I just tell myself that it is going to prepare me for stressful situations in the future and that they are life lessons in the end.

Thank you! I absolutely agree, as my future goals do go beyond just making videos.

At this time a billion a year comes from carbon trading. If the feds give as much money for this as they do for roads we will get there, if slowly. And that money doesn't come from gas taxes as the fed tax hasn't been raised in a quarter of a century.