California High Speed Rail - Where are we now?

[@CaliforniaTransitNerd]

Nice to see a new creator focusing on CAHSR.

[@TheRailwayDrone]

It's good to see someone like AmpereBEEP creating content on this railway since he knows so much about the project and provided great information on DroneZone's videos.

[@davidjackson7281]

Did you gleam any new information?

[@TheRailwayDrone]

@@davidjackson7281 Did you?

[@TohaBgood2]

Well, jtzb is also incredibly knowledgeable about CAHSR so it will take more than an intro video to get him any new info 😃

[@plaguebomb2712]

Sad that The Big Foot stopped updating.

[@TohaBgood2]

The four foot was awesome! Miss his videos!

[@DaNymko]

This is a great vid, thanks. Couple things - in the Firefox PDF viewer, you can click the double arrows in the upper-right of the browser window for rotation options. Also, might not be a bad idea to include links to the websites you used in your description. Good vid all around.

[@Dino-kr9cb]

I don't know what I learned more about, reading maps and legends or the state of HSR. 👍

[@mb_1024]

Hey AmpereBEEP, good to have your insights!

[@Lucifer-md2vw]

Yes, keep us updated 🎉🎉 Great Video

[@AnthonyPinkerton-d7p]

Honestly, I would like to see more videos of the build projects of HSR. Also, I would like the CA HSR Website wouldn't use a private video producer like Drone Zone Flyover? I'm picking a specific video producer, because his videos were very good and appeared every two to three days, making binging on KZbin very much a good day. Also, the CA HSR website only shows projects once they're completed, but they don't show any in progress videos!

[@romanrat5613]

It's really unfortunate what happened with dronezone, isn't there anything youtube can do?

[@wafford11]

Right on, excited to see me CAHSR content!

[@japanamericacar427]

Great video, very informative

[@TohaBgood2]

Dude! This is fantastic! You are a beast! Thank you for the detailed look at the state of the route! Amazing work! And say hi to Drone Zone from us! He is missed and loved. Hope he comes back to youtube soon! It's borderline criminal that he keeps shooting the videos with no place to post them. We need to find a way to bully him into creating a temporary second channel.

[@TheOfficialChillClan]

been looking for something like this for a while. Thank you!

[@weirdfish1216]

this is a great video breaking down the different resources the authority offers for the public!! excited to see the future of this channel and more people talking about california hsr

[@harktischris]

oh no! dronezone got hacked?? that sucks! well, i'm happy to see you filling in this gap.

[@mrxman581]

This was excellent. Very informative and clearly explained. I'm impressed with your knowledge of the CAHSR project. Well done. Also, your voice is easy to listen to and clear so I understood what you were saying throughout the video. No need to pause and rewind 😊 . BTW, do you have an engineering background? The way you went back and forth between the documents and maps was extremely helpful. I don't think I've seen anyone else do that before. It gives the viewer much better context to better understand and appreciate the scope of this transformational infrastructure project. For example, the information about the construction moratoriums for farming and freight were surprising, but understandable and how it can affect the projects multiple timetables. New subscriber.

[@shopdog831]

Thank you Protogen for giving us some updated information. The satellite update is real good though

[@skysmile5090]

Oh! This is new :D

[@P0w2you]

Hey man! I missed you from Drone zone video's comments! Thanks for going over the whole Line! and great detail and info! I appreciate the nitty gritty! Some times I still go back to Four foot's drone video's to get a full feel of the whole right of way. So thanks for going over the whole line. Thanks for pointing out the utilities like it's easy to ignore that lot of things need to happen, to move these things. Yeah the last two or three board meetings have been super good and informational! Thanks for pointing out the website, When you said "the update satellite view" in Drone Zone video's I thought you meant in Google, and I would look at Google views and be like this hasn't been updated in a year... lol

[@LegendaryRQA]

Algorithm Boosting Comment.

[@KcarlMarXs]

Such a great breakdown

[@renaes2807]

Heyyy!!! Let's gooooooo!

[@CJbrinkman602]

Algorithm Boost! Own Ralph V!

[@TohaBgood2]

Lol, I didn't realize that Ralph Varatabedian is so widely known. I thought that my LA area relatives were the only ones who loathed the guy. This warms my heart to know that more people are aware of what he has done.

[@ethanpaul878]

great video

[@felixtv272]

Oh nice! How often will you do these updates?

[@AmpereBEEP]

I plan on doing updates at the bare minimum once a week, likely on Friday afternoons(Pacific Time). This video happened to line up with both a brand new Sentinel2 imagery release, and a CAHSR Board Meeting, and I will need to go through it with much more detail in the future.

[@mb_1024]

@@AmpereBEEP Wow, that would be a lot of content if the videos are all like this one!

[@TohaBgood2]

@@AmpereBEEP Ok, I love it, but I am afraid that you could burn out if you pump out too much content every month. A video every week is a full time job! We'd rather have less content but for you to stay healthy and excited about your work. No pressure. Whatever you do, we're behind you!

[@AmpereBEEP]

@@TohaBgood2 I will take that into consideration. I am going to try to give the current plan a shot, but if I feel like it isn't going to work out I will make an announcement that the schedule will be cut back. I do have a full College Courseload at the moment!

[@TohaBgood2]

@@AmpereBEEP Your career and education should always come first! We'll gladly accept any scraps that you are willing to donate to the cause! You da man! Thank you for your work!

[@TheFitzeFitzeAtze]

Great update. Can you also explain a bit to the Motel Drive relocation.. and it seems it will be gone between Olive and Belmont ave, right? Ah, and: sometimes you're too fast... I have often have to skip back to follow you. One hour vid would be better - also for a non-native speaker.. ty. Greets from Berlin. Keep up!

[@AmpereBEEP]

I will definitely come back and explain those things! As for my speaking speed, my recording/editing process makes this somewhat of a challenge. I absolutely will try and work on this over time to balance conciseness and comprehendability.

[@johnskibbe663]

One of the hardest things with CAHSR is finding detailed maps of the alignment. When you were using Sentinel you were toggeling between satellite and map views. Is that correct and with a map view in Sentinel we can see a more detailed alignment indicated? Or was the map view in another website.

[@AmpereBEEP]

Sentinel2 shows the OpenStreetMap view until the Satellite view loads in. So zooming in and out or panning around allows you to check where you are exactly on the map.

[@AMPProf]

Beeep beep bro Thank you..! What's it now hsr 2022-2012 NAWWWTH 1 decade?

[@yappofloyd1905]

One of the difficulties for the layperson to have clarity about progress is that the buildhsr site doesn't provide a % of progress with civil works which is common in many large rail projects worldwide. A monthly progress update both for each construction package & for each major structure/site. Eg Tulare St could be updated at 45.73% progress & Wasco viaduct at 87.28% progress. That sort of transparency on the site would help all to clearly see construction progress.

[@TohaBgood2]

They do something like that verbally during their board meetings. Maybe the community can just create our own progress scorecard website based on those reports?

[@brucemcdanel4933]

Not sure we can get progress numbers from meetings. During July meeting, commissioners asked for separate numbers of completed vs under construction projects. The presenter supposedly made a note. But the numbers were still combined in August F&A meeting. Commissioners again asked for separate numbers.

[@Erik-65]

Can you show a detailed map of the Palmdale to Victorville segment

[@music4thedeaf]

Can that tool be used on a phone for the recent satalite view?

[@dragon_nammi]

There's a surprising amount of stuff out in the middle of nowhere huh?

[@Erik-65]

When will they start work on the High Desert Corridor section

[@brucemcdanel4933]

What happened to drone zone? All I know is that the channel and videos just disappeared.

[@TohaBgood2]

His channel got hacked and KZbin won't give it back because he didn't get big enough to have a direct KZbin contact. He did awesome work and apparently he's still shooting the videos but just doesn't have a place to post them! Borderline criminal on KZbin's part if you ask me!

[@brucemcdanel4933]

@@TohaBgood2 I agree. I loved his videos, not only about hsr, but also construction projects in Bakersfield.

[@TohaBgood2]

@@brucemcdanel4933 It pains me to see passionate people like that that donate their work for _free_ to the community get shafted. I hope that he can figure something out with KZbin or just create a new channel. I'd gladly help "shill" for him to get him back his subscriber numbers!

[@Jdogg4089]

​@@TohaBgood2He could post on patreon

[@crizvee7247]

The 14 freeway on Lancaster to Palmdale

[@jochemvdmeulen]

One thing i noticed about the ave88 grade separation is that unlike other structures crossing SR43 that it doesn't leave room for future widening. Do you have any idea why?

[@reereemigee9262]

I'd be interesting in learning more about future funding sources and ways the project could realistically find the money it needs.

[@arnaudgerard1971]

Where are we now: are there any tracks already laid? Are there trains riding on it? If not, why not, ... and when.

[@TohaBgood2]

The first section in the Central Valley is getting completed this month. That's CP4. The section in the Bay Area is mostly complete with the first electric trains already testing. They'll be in operation next year. The other two sections in the Central Valley are at about 80% completion and will complete in 2026. The HSR trains are going to start testing in the Central Valley in 2028.

[@arnaudgerard1971]

@@TohaBgood2Interesting . Thank you. :)

[@danartistpainter2587]

Any decent prediction about when you think the Rail will start service? I’ve read 2030.. is that a reasonable year in your opinion?

[@AmpereBEEP]

I think it is a very reasonable prediction in the event that they do receive some or a large portion of the Federal Infrastructure Bill's grant money they are seeking.

[@TheLazySleeperLives]

When are they going to start putting tracks on these viaducts?

[@TohaBgood2]

Early next year. That contract is getting released right now for bidding.

[@joseSanchez-ej2oh]

When will work begin in LA?

[@TohaBgood2]

When Metrolink gets off its backside and starts electrifying like Caltrain did. As long as Metrolink is opposing electrification and grade separations nothing can move forward on the LA section. They need to electrify! Go and give them hell at their board meetings if you're a local! This is getting ridiculous. They'll do anything to avoid electrification!

[@chromebomb]

I wanna know: When they are gonna start building the WYE When they are gonna start digging the tunnels between LA and Bakersfeild & Gilroy and the WYE

[@JOHNSMITH-dc6lr]

Say.. A trillionare donated the entire remaining cost, with the only requirement 247 construction, is it all about money? Or can authority stop this?

[@davidjackson7281]

Nice high level fly over view of the valley. I will keep enjoying the progress before revenue service begins within 12 years.

[@TohaBgood2]

Source for the 12 year start of service estimate? Or did you just make it up again?

[@JOHNSMITH-dc6lr]

What we honestly absolutely need more of are more lanes in non urban valleys, 4 lane highways is absolutely thee dumbest, did planners not anticipate a populas explosion!?!?!?!?!

[@ChrisJones-gx7fc]

An idea for a future video, you should do a collab with Lucid Stew after the CAHSR 2024 Business Plan is released, talking about the plan and offering your insights. Talk about where the project stands now (2024) and what you believe it'll require to keep going (beyond just more funding). Lucid Stew does good analysis on the latest figures from CAHSR, and based on them gives his insight on where the project stands. He's no optimist, but he's not totally cynical either. I'm not sure where exactly you stand on the project's SF-LA prospects, but his stance is pretty much it'll take nothing short of a miracle at this point to get CAHSR to LA, and possibly beyond the Central Valley anytime in the foreseeable future. It would be interesting to get your similar and/or differing perspectives.

[@yertlenest]

The audio editing is a little too jarring and hard to follow as everything SOUNDS like a constant RUNON sentence that never has any breaks AND KEEPS going without giving the viewer ANYTIME to breathe BUT OTHER than that this was a great video AND I look forward to more

[@RR98guy]

So, Maybe in 2040 someone may get to ride on this hsr

[@TohaBgood2]

Lol, the first segment is finishing guideway construction literally right now as you can see from the sat images in the video. The other two segments that are under construction in the Central Valley are at about 80% completion and will be fully complete by 2026. The Peninsula section in the Bay Area is already testing electric trains and will have them in regular operation by next year. You lost. You lot failed to cancel this project with your lawsuits and delays. Take the L. You've earned it.

[@RR98guy]

I am not at all opposed to the HSR. I live in Eastern Europe so I have no reason to wish the project to die. We love HSR here in Europe where we have it it is amazing. But knowing how California and the USA are I am also a realist.@@TohaBgood2

[@TohaBgood2]

@@RR98guy You're also pumped full of negative propaganda from both the left and the right in Europe about the US. The right says that we are inefficient wokesters and the left says that we're the second coming of Hitler. Both views are fundamentally wrong and more a projection of your own local realities than an accurate representation of the US. I've lived in Eastern Europe for a while. Rather, I spent a few summers there when I was a kid and later worked for a company with an office there requiring visits about once per month. I still occasionally visit cousins for weddings in the region. I know how opaque the US can be when viewed from there. I assure you that this is just a case when the propaganda has gotten the best of you. The view that this project is "stalled," or "dying", or "won't complete until 2040" is precisely what our local anti-CAHSR propaganda has been trying to promote in order to stop this project and build a highway instead. This is a referendum-approved project so the only way to cancel it is via turning the public in California against it. So far they have completely failed at this. All the early land lawsuits that they used to delay the project so that that 2040 date looks at all plausible were summarily been defeated. And there were hundreds of them in addition to thousands of local regulatory hurdles that they engineered. All of that failed, believe it or not. The project is more popular within the state than it was when we passed the referendum. All that they achieved is that now we are angrier at the Republican obstructionists than we ever were, and there is a lot of support to pass punitive legislation against this kind of regulatory terrorism. The reality that you can see in the video is that CAHSR has overcome the original opposition and has learned how to deal with it in the future. With the opposition defanged they have been making steady and accelerating progress for almost five years. Now the project is moving at a pretty good clip and still accelerating construction, completing segments left and right. The first section, CP4, as you can see is 99% complete and waiting for *one* agricultural canal to be moved. That's it. The other two sections are approaching 80% completion and will be done by 2026. Two more extensions are in pre-construction after being announced in 2019. If you're not an anti-rail troll then this evidence would lead you to conclude that you have been fed propaganda about this project.

[@TohaBgood2]

@@RR98guy Oh and, this project is part of a statewide HSR system that will cover 9 out of 10 of the largest metros in the state. It will likely never finish construction just like the Shinkansen, the French TGV, the HSR system in Spain, etc. are continuing to add lines. It's just that we already know exactly what lines we will build over the next several decades. This will only accelerate progress as CAHSR is hitting its stride. That is, they are doing preparatory pre-construction work now that will make future construction dramatically faster.

[@dr.emilschaffhausen4683]

Keep dreaming Toha. You can blame Biden for increased costs that will cripple the project. Maybe one day they'll buy am actual train to ride on the rails they'll hopefully one day get.

[@douglasengle2704]

Looking at the satellite views which are flat it is remarkable to see the terrain so similar to the Laurentide ice sheet bulldozing of many mid western states! The low population gatherings also are very similar to rural mid western states. The main attribute of railroads is how they conquer changes in terrain which is lost from this over head view. The statement that the Central Valley doesn't have bed rock with sediment down to 4000 feet is very interesting. The whole idea of putting high speed rail though a very rural area seems absurd with no major populations areas to connect. Although the main objective of connecting major population centers in later stages might make the routing prosperous these surrounding are greatly agricultural with little hope for real estate high value. California might have done better to have high speed motorways without speed limits.

[@TohaBgood2]

You're kidding, right? 4.3 million people live just in the metro areas in the Valley with a stop on the early operating segment. 6.5 million live in the Central Valley overall. The Central Valley is larger than 2/3 of US states! Oh, and both Fresno and Bakersfield have metro areas of about 1 million. Either would be the largest city in most US states. Half a million live in the Visalia metro area. And Merced, which will have a timed cross-platform transfer station to Bay and Sac trains, has 250k more and a rapidly growing University of California campus. Oh, and btw San Francisco has a smaller population than both the Fresno metro and the Bakersfield metro. So think what you are advocating for when you say that SF deserves a separate station but Fresno doesn't! San Jose is about the same size as Fresno, yet it too gets its separate station. How come? I don't understand why people are so bad at California geography. We make half of your food, ship 70% of the crap that you buy from China, most of your entertainment, and all of your tech. Learn more than two city names in California! There are other metro areas in the state outside of SF and LA! And, shocker, most Californians live there rather than in the two that you know the name of!

[@JackKack-kk5dd]

​​@@TohaBgood2You can make an argument for HSR without these silly points. SF only has a lower pop than Fresno or Bakersfield because of arbitrary city limits, which just connect to other cities. The Bay Area has a much larger pop and would be the comparison to make. And don't even get me started on your other points.

[@TohaBgood2]

@@JackKack-kk5dd We're not talking about cities or metro areas. We're talking about stops. There already is a stop in San Jose so the question is why SF deserves another stop while an area with a similar amount of people per stop doesn't. We're talking concrete station locations and the number of people that it will serve. If you have multiple stops per area then people will use the closest stop to them. And do get "started" on my other points if you think that you actually can refute them.

[@MrEdHasibuan1996]

10 billion already spent... no station has been built, no single piece of rail has been laid...😂