Markus Socius Word! And here in Holland we respect it. Everything is neat and complete and advanced. But everything is flat too:/ no nature here just a few hills in south east
sigh... yes it sounds cool in theory. If only those pesky real world financial and other connecting local mass transit related logistics that make this project an awful joke didn't get in the way for you "that would be so cool!" naive, idealist types.
@@neilcharge3772 I 100% agree. Technically they are connected via Amtrak, but that is a joke of a train connection. Could be like the TRE or A-Train here in DFW.
suckmysilencer747 - You mean by refraining about telling the truth of how the Republicans are are using the government to undermine the US from within. The Republicans are against government funded mega projects, why do you think there have been no major government projects in the last half century, other then MIC projects? However, the republicans would have the super rich fund big projects for huge profits and if they loose money then the government would have to pay for it, and we all know that that means, like the F-35, where the profits go to private enterprise and the losses are to be paid by the US tax payers, encouraging more run amok capitalism, like during the Republican G. W. Bush administration that quadrupled the national debt by trying to support the Republican economic agenda that was a economic disaster! Of course disaster depends on how one looks at it, for the capitalist and the rich were making record profits with the trickle down theory, with little trickle down, but a lot of off shore production and off shore accounts, but they quadrupled the national debt and drove the US to the very brink of economic melt down and the highest unemployment since the Great depression!
Blah blah blah Republicans blah blah blah trickle down economics. (I didn't read your long winded comment, sorry) Because my point resides to the fact that both parties are right on something. TDC made videos where there would be a balanced discussion on said issues. But he proceeded to throw that all away to make hit pieces on Trump. Like him or not, Trump made very solid bi-partisan points that won him the election. And covering said points would be what any reasonable political commentator would do. Instead he went all CNN at us, and now he's got nothing to show for it.
Bullet trains are perhaps the most expensive "projects" available. It's a boon for politicians wanting to brag about "fast travel", to unions with jobs and to companies for construction. But only rarely have they proved economically useful. Award for the biggest boondoggle is the overpriced, over promised and over timed CA Bullet whose cost has risen from 20 to 40 to 60 to probably 100 Billion.
yet when you look at high speed rail in the rest of the world, be it Europe or Asia, you see that they can make it work. It is viable and economically useful
"Economically useful" is subjective. How, for example, will Japan ever get its return on their system that currently is set at $160 Bilion (decades before completion so imagine the uptick). The old argument that productivity gains will make it worthwhile has been dropped. Now its' all about riders, advertising and tax breaks. China is even worse. Construction costs are hidden but we know that the Shanghai maglev has lost at least (probably far worse) $20M/year each year. It's why India has not accepted the maglev solution (outrageous expense for a few travelers) and is looking at alternatives, i.e. hyperloop-type systems at 1/10 the cost and maintenance.
What makes you think that a hyper-loop system won't be subject to the same roadblocks that high-speed rail projects run into? Hyperloop is likely to run into the same NIMBY opposition, lawsuits, and hidden costs that high-speed rail projects run into but, unlike high-speed rail, hyper-loop is just a concept at this point.
The US isn't falling behind. The US is behind when it comes to infrastructure. It's quite sad too, because this is something that benefits ALL Americans.
The US just had OLD infrastructure because many other nations like China and India recently have acquired modern infrastructure in the past 25 years or so whereas America has had access to more infrastructure for far longer. It just makes it seem like we're behind a little
Not just that BUT the US is not really a country of trains and subways...even though it does have these....the people in the US have personal vehicles...would be very strange to spend money on a commute system when it would not really have as much of an effect like it would in other countries that do not have personal vehicles or at least not a huge chunk of the population. Countries like Australia, US, and Canada are huge and people are expected to travel personally between each area within their country.... families live far and wide spread in these countries as well thus the traveling a life style in these nations...the train and subway in other modern countries are good...BUT they also limit personal freedoms... not that they make it illegal to travel but they do make it so that traveling your own countries far reaches are most difficult. Its a trade off and int he US they rather travel far and wide for obviuos reasons rather than have easy commute in a single area.
your absolutely correct and I travel through Asia and Europe i see it constantly. China is unreal in the mega project arena. America is ruled by lawyers , Asia and China are following the engineers not lawyers.
@@jerrycardinale2827 Its a process, the Uk was once ruled by engineers and then was overtaken by lawyers in itself... Eventually, manufacturing will leave China and it will be overtaken by human rights activist that demand more rights for the people and lawyers will sprout up out of this. The UK now is dealing with rather it believes in group worth or self-worth more and this is expressed in nationalism vs globalism...a fight China will also have to battle one day.
absolutely agree with you, but unfortunately we have a Drumpf president in the WH which means there wont be anything for CA in the next 4 years. period
I would argue that another mega project should be a modernizing of the electric grid of the North-East US. It is faulty and ancient and BADLY needs an upgrade.
Finite Wehosh There is NO FUTURE in NUCLEAR power it is an old , dangerous Antiquated source of energy we need SOLAR,WIND TIDAL energy these are the types of energy the American economy NEEDS or it will be left behind by the rest of the world.
Rod Ferguson I am building Vogtle in Georgia. The only nuke plabt that is still expanding. I am a Carpenter and a Certified Scaffold Competent person. I Work on all forms of energy. Nuke is necessary for consistency. You need a blend of energy sources.
As a Californian, you won't believe how great it would be to have that high speed train. As much as I enjoy road trips, it would be more convenient and practical to have. I had a 2012 VW TDI and I got 50mpg going 80mph for most of the way. Practically spent $100 round trip and some snacks. But 6 hours is exhausting. Especially when all you're doing is going straight for miles and miles.
Jeremy Foster that high speed rail line should run from Richmond VA all the way to Portland ME. Both US Route 1 and I-95 are congested and beyond capacity and another mode of transportation is sorely needed.
I don't think think the maglev will get enough support. If American politicians can't get their heads around the fact that the roads are in the sorry state they are, then how do you expect them to fund a floating train. The other High Speed train projects have a good chance of being backed though, as they are more conventional in their looks and operations. Also, the Acela can go 150mph.
Thanks Brad, definitely going to be moving away from so much politics going forward. But occasionally I'll have to make an overtly political video just because, ya know, Trump.
You didn't mention the East Side Access project at Grand Central Station. This project will bring railroads through new deep tunnels below Manhattan. It will expand the station's capacity to 24 trains an hour, an increase of 162,000 passengers a day. In the streets nearby, MTA is building a new subway line beneath 2nd Ave.
The Gordie Howe Bridge project is far more important to Canada then it is to the United States. So much so that Canada is prepared to pay the full cost of the bridge, including the U.S. customs plazas and connecting roads to the Interstates on American soil.
Wow TDC. I lived this video and so far probably the best video you have posted so far. I agree with this video. As a person born in the Northeast Corridor. The Northeast badly needs high speed rail. The Northeast Needs either a maglev or a TGV system that connects DC Terminus with a Boston Terminus, with stops in NYC and Philadelphia. A 18 year old kid in Philadelphia can go to school in Harvard, and come back home for dinner in the evening. Texas Midland to the Coast will benefit from High Speed Rail, and High Speed Rail from LA to San Francisco is must. I/m happy that the US is getting on the high speed rail, but the US is decades behind Europe, Japan and China which already have established high speed rail system. Even though Acela can travel at 120 miles per hour, it travels at 80 mph, and it runs on the same rail that runs freight and local commuter rail. Northeast Corridor High speed rail needs its own dedicated rail line. As for why NYC does not have a new tunnel for commuter rail? blame bureaucracy. In NYC you have the MTA, Port Authority of NY and NJ, Amtrak and NJ Transit the Feds, the state of NY and state NJ, and the City of NY who all need to flip the bill to build a 1 mile tunnel under the east river. With Trump as president, his staff wants to do a 1 trillion dollar spending on improving infrastructure. Sad part is about Trump administration is that he was voted in by middle America, and most of these infrastructure jobs lay on the coastal cities of America and not within the middle of the country. Trump voters would not benefit from jobs increased of such projects because they don't live in such areas such as Bay Area, DMV area, Texas MIdland-Houston, Northeast Corridor, LA Area and etc.
The Acela can actually operate at 165 mph (not the 125 mph stated in the video) but the current infrastructure holds it back. An upgrade to new tracks would greatly improve the speed of operation especially with the Avelia Liberty/Acela 2 trains coming along, while being more cost effective and expandable than a maglev which is ridiculously expensive.
The new WTC? Hudson Yards? The video is named "FUTURE U.S MEGAPROJECTS" Not "FUTURE MEGAPROJECTS THAT THE U.S DESPERATLY NEEDS" Otherwise, Awesome video!
Important distinction: the D.C. area's Purple Line is Light Rail Transit, not Heavy Rail, like the rest of the Metrorail system is. Also, it will (likely) be operated by the Maryland Transit Administration, not the WMATA (Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority). The project that is truly needed in the D.C. area is a second Potomac River tunnel for Metrorail. Right now, the system can only run 26 trains per hour through Rosslyn station, with each train able to carry ~950 passengers. The demand from the Orange and Silver lines has forced Metro to run less trains at rush hour on the Blue Line (every 12 minutes, for golly's sake!). There is simply no other option to deliver true capacity gains, than to construct 2 new tracks for the Blue Line at Rosslyn. This will allow all 3 lines to run more trains per hour, and will set the stage for an extension of the (rerouted) Blue line into Georgetown, providing a cross-Potomac capacity gain of 25-50%. The cost will be in the billions of $, but it will be well worth the extra chump change.
Ten American infrastructure mega-projects --- small peanuts in the eyes of China, just contract to China, all can be done in 3 years, otherwise, 10-20 years.
Why not fly for the same price, which would be slightly faster too despite TCR constantly trying to claim otherwise. Again, it's always pie in the sky, naive, "this would be so cool" idealists in TX supporting this. Nobody that I've heard is making positive PRAGMATIC arguments with real data to back it. All they real world logistics skew negative it would seem.
America could afford all of these if we stopped foreign aid to countries who wish to destroy our way of living! Oh and still pay for defense and boarder security.
***** 15 years ago yes but not today. china has more highspeed train than rest of the world combined, their ridership is also highest in the world along with most advanced trains too and france also upgraded their highspeed trains in the last decade
Elias Khan Even the Chinese themselves do not talk about HSR as often as 5 years ago. They are so used to it already that they do not feel proud of it any more. Now they talk about cross ocean and high on the mountain bridges
It's sad that even mega projects in Africa seem more innovative and futuristic than in the US. Most of this projects haven't even been proposed, it's just pointing out that these areas are literally falling apart.
About bloody time we're heading towards awesome projects in our Country ... Such news put hope, faith in our lives ... Thanks much "Daily Conversation"'s team in sharing these wonderful futuristic plans ...
Too late, those rail project were supposed to happened 30 years earlier. Where will they find workers to use those infrastructure when robots will take all the jobs by the time those projects finish, in 2040 at best.
This video is old but thought to put my 2 cents in regarding the Northeast Corridor. What they need to do is make the entire line high speed. As of now, the Acela line is fastest from New York to Washington DC. However, many fail to realize that the same line starts in Boston and takes about 4 hours to get from Boston to New York and about 3 hours to get from New York to Washington DC.
I'm from California, and I traveled all over the Western and Eastern states (sorry fly overs) and us in the West don't use trains as much as those in the east, so im not sure if the Texas line is a good investment. The Eastern one however is a good idea. Having used trains in the East, and driving from DC to New York (soooo much damn people), Easterners sure use their trains and i think thats a great investment. I driven in Denver and, like any american city, the highways sucks at times... needs change. I personally love trains but everyone here just uses their damn car for everything. The Sacramento-SF-LA-San Diego line sounds like a relief as I have driven to all from my city (Sacramento) and *it. is. hell.* would definitely use everytime i go SF, which is frequent.
People don't use them in the West because they are not available. It's not like there's some cultural difference that means we don't want fast transportation on this coast. I live in California and I can't wait for HSR to LA to exist. I will take it all the time.
That first one is kinda true. I lived in Dallas Fort Worth and me and my family would drive to Houston and then to Galveston to go on cruises and going from Dallas to Houston was lonnggggg
Why not fly then? Driving is so much cheaper. Your point is also missing that this line's main demographic will need to be business travelers that switch to rail from planes they use today. There's not enough personal daily ridership between the two cities to make it financially viable today. So although it's "cool" your family would like it, your personal anecdote doesn't provide a pragmatic argument for the rail to be built.
Most illegals don't even travel through the wall lmao, plus it's a taxpayer's burden compared to just improving the current wall and implementing border security. Plus illegal immigrants by law have rights, and asylum seekers can have citizenship. (yes, by law too.)
Ummm, before any of these "megaprojects" are tackled, the school's in the cities to need to be fixed and rebuilt. How can schools with no heat and no air conditioning operate in 2017?
chongjunxiang3002 he did talk about improving the sorry state of airports, trains, and public transports in general. he also talked about improving public infrastructure such as hospitals, schools, etc.
Another correction is that the Acela top speed is 150 mph, and their replacements, the Avelia Liberty Trainsets set for delivery starting in 2021 will operate at 160 mph.
What? It takes until 2030 to make a highspeeds train connection in CA? WTF! By 2030 that train connection will be old already since other countries have hyperloops. How does the USA dare to call themselfs the greatest nation in the world?
Xenon Hyperloop is just a fantasy. It is not technically practical. You cannot have stops every 100 km, because you cannot reach full speed. It will be point-to-point, so what is the advantage to flight? The CRH has already shown that 350km/h is not as efficient as 300km/h. And only 3% of passengers actually travel between Beijing and Shanghai. The rest 97% travel only a short section.
liuyangyang I think one day it won't be fantasy anymore. Los Angeles and San Francisco are further apart than 100km. And think about airplanes. 200 years ago it was impossible! And look at how many planes there are in the sky right now! Back than people didn't feel Te need to travel that far, but the planes changed that. And the hyperloop will change our way of travel too. But I do agree high speed trains stop too often
Xenon, there is no such thing as hyperloop. It is only a distraction to stop high speed rail, in order to protect the car companies. Remember, Elon Musk owns a car company. The technical reasons why hyperloop is unrealistic are too many to even justify giving it consideration.
you forgot one. the i-4 ultimate mega project will hopefully cut traffic times in the highly populated orlando metro area by adding an express lane and widening the normal lanes to handle more cars
Infrastructures are good things but there is a lot to think about when planing to build it...Think about where to settle the the stops, where to settle the people that live there(what are you gonna do if those people don't wanna move?), the environment, the funding, the time & etc..
According to a recent report by the American Society of Civil Engineers, a complete upgrade of U.S. infrastructure by 2025 could take about 4.54 trillion dollars.
Hyperloop is a technology under development. High-speed and maglev trains have been around for decades. Why not invest in something that actually exists?
This is just sadness compared to the Chinese ones. And the ones here’s won’t be built. The USA just needs it. America needs China to be able to build the built trains
Hahha the high speed train project will have completed by the end of 2030???? While China already have had since 2008😂😂😂 and the total length has reach 20000 kilometers with the speed up to 350km/h.
If bigger cities can do without freeways running through their centers, so can Denver. Freeways within cities will always be dumb as they interrupt the street grid and cause massive bottlenecks. Also, they take up a massive amount of room and no one wants to use real estate that neighbors them.
Then what route would people driving from Kansas City to Salt Lake City take? You do realize I-70 is a national freeway that connects the east & west coasts, right?
Note the terminology used for California Bullet Train, "Phase 1". Phase one is current Cal trans train corridors raiding the bullet Train bonds. Old tech running on new rail for so many years they would need replacing by the time Bullet trains would arrive. It is a Boondoggle Project the will constantly have its money raided by the State for other things(General Budget). Its been a Bait and Switch since after the first Bond passed.
As for the California high speed rail, the projected cost has been rising and it is projected that the train won't go as fast as initially promised because it may be using the same rail as other trains.
That's because the U.S. is paying for them. The last time I looked, we owed China $1.2 trillion. With only 1% interest, that means they could afford to build one Cowboy's Stadium per month JUST on the interest, not the principle.
I just came ffrom the china's future megaprojects (2016-2050's) and you don't talk so much trash about U.S. governent and the negative effects of these future U.S. hmm 🤔 I wonder why . Maybe you aren't being objective ??? hmm 🤔 dislike!
Instead we are adding to military spending to fortify a military that is already top in the world by far. We worry more about our ability to cause destruction than our needs domestically to repair and upgrade infrastructure. The military industrial complex is top priority in this country and until that changes we will continue to see our country literally crumble. Sad.
I am a Republican, but how about this? Democrats: Stop giving money, food stamps, and aid to other countries and our people that refuse to work. ~1-2 trillion dollars saved per year. Also, stop funding abortions Republicans: Stop spending so much on the military. I get that we need to honor our veterans, but does this cost 800 billion dollars a year? We could give veterans huge bonuses with 50 - 100 billion dollars a year, plus 200 billion dollars a year for development. 300 billion dollars a year for the military is more than enough. 1.5 - 3 trillion dollars saved per year
Yea well explain how half the country is polluted....they build cool things in China but they only focus on cool skyscrapers they should be focusing on taking care of their real problems instead of trying to be cool
1. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder 2. As Pat said, chinas megaprojects are not to help the people, its to make the government look better so they can keep good relations and cover their brutal methods of staying in control.
China’s government has unlimited funds to build whatever they want to and no public opposition to build whatever they want to. Much different situation in the us
@qjtvaddict: Maglev may be expensive compared to high-speed trains but they are worth the money of your population density is sufficiently high. And no, there are many places that operate maglev trains. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglev
Bot No, Elon Musk is not making a 700 mph train (called Hyperloop, by the way). Neither is anybody else. Hyperloop does not exist, except as a not-very-thought-out concept. The technical hurdles which would have to be overcome to build such a thing are probably insurmountable with today’s technology, and the benefit of such a system could probably never justify its expense. You think bullet trains are expensive? They’re nothing compared with Hyperloop!
Cool Idea but it will cost more than that as construction usually never finish on time, and costs usually are understated and is usually over the budget.
More top 10 infrastructure megaprojects needed videos for other countries, like South Korea, Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, India, Brazil, UK, Germany, Canada, Australia etc. These are very good!
That last one tho. I live in northeastern New Jersey and the NJ Transit lines don't cross the Hudson into Manhattan anymore. To get into NYC you have to get off in Hoboken, NJ and then take a subway train into Manhattan.
I live in Texas and traffic in Houston, Dallas, and Austin is insane. Even though a high speed train connecting all of those cities along with San Antonio and Corpus Christi would be awesome, it can't be done. Most of the train track in Texas is owned by Union Pacific and BNSF, thus passenger trains couldn't use it and most people here don't see building more track as a priority. :(
Rodrigo Gonzales-Rojas Austin needs to just stop growing and trying to be something that it is not meant to be and that is a big city. Leave the big city things to Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, and San Antonio.
I actually love infrastructure stuff I feel like a weirdo 😂
Weirdo? That means you're pragmatic and forward thinking, it's a good thing.
Samantha Blackman same
Americans don't have respect for infrastructure. We need people who love infrastructure like you and me.
Markus Socius Word! And here in Holland we respect it. Everything is neat and complete and advanced. But everything is flat too:/ no nature here just a few hills in south east
then u must come to China!
The Texas HSR according to TCR will make the Dallas - Houston trip in 90 minutes, not 3 hours. This is all awesome, and needs to be built!
and that part of land is pretty much flat, very easy to build HSR's foundation.
sigh... yes it sounds cool in theory. If only those pesky real world financial and other connecting local mass transit related logistics that make this project an awful joke didn't get in the way for you "that would be so cool!" naive, idealist types.
@@curburfosho You do realize high speed rail works in every other country…
Why not connect to Austin and San Antonio lol. It only makes sense
@@neilcharge3772 I 100% agree. Technically they are connected via Amtrak, but that is a joke of a train connection. Could be like the TRE or A-Train here in DFW.
These sort of positive futuristic videos are your best videos in my opinion.
I love them too
So glad he's done with one sided political coverage.
suckmysilencer747 - You mean by refraining about telling the truth of how the Republicans are are using the government to undermine the US from within. The Republicans are against government funded mega projects, why do you think there have been no major government projects in the last half century, other then MIC projects?
However, the republicans would have the super rich fund big projects for huge profits and if they loose money then the government would have to pay for it, and we all know that that means, like the F-35, where the profits go to private enterprise and the losses are to be paid by the US tax payers, encouraging more run amok capitalism, like during the Republican G. W. Bush administration that quadrupled the national debt by trying to support the Republican economic agenda that was a economic disaster! Of course disaster depends on how one looks at it, for the capitalist and the rich were making record profits with the trickle down theory, with little trickle down, but a lot of off shore production and off shore accounts, but they quadrupled the national debt and drove the US to the very brink of economic melt down and the highest unemployment since the Great depression!
Blah blah blah Republicans blah blah blah trickle down economics.
(I didn't read your long winded comment, sorry)
Because my point resides to the fact that both parties are right on something. TDC made videos where there would be a balanced discussion on said issues. But he proceeded to throw that all away to make hit pieces on Trump. Like him or not, Trump made very solid bi-partisan points that won him the election.
And covering said points would be what any reasonable political commentator would do. Instead he went all CNN at us, and now he's got nothing to show for it.
Correction: the Texas Bullet Train will shorten the travel time between Houston and Dallas to just 90 minutes, not 3+ hrs as stated in the video.
No, its top speed is 150, its lucky if it hits 125.
Bullet trains are perhaps the most expensive "projects" available. It's a boon for politicians wanting to brag about "fast travel", to unions with jobs and to companies for construction. But only rarely have they proved economically useful. Award for the biggest boondoggle is the overpriced, over promised and over timed CA Bullet whose cost has risen from 20 to 40 to 60 to probably 100 Billion.
yet when you look at high speed rail in the rest of the world, be it Europe or Asia, you see that they can make it work. It is viable and economically useful
"Economically useful" is subjective. How, for example, will Japan ever get its return on their system that currently is set at $160 Bilion (decades before completion so imagine the uptick). The old argument that productivity gains will make it worthwhile has been dropped. Now its' all about riders, advertising and tax breaks.
China is even worse. Construction costs are hidden but we know that the Shanghai maglev has lost at least (probably far worse) $20M/year each year. It's why India has not accepted the maglev solution (outrageous expense for a few travelers) and is looking at alternatives, i.e. hyperloop-type systems at 1/10 the cost and maintenance.
What makes you think that a hyper-loop system won't be subject to the same roadblocks that high-speed rail projects run into? Hyperloop is likely to run into the same NIMBY opposition, lawsuits, and hidden costs that high-speed rail projects run into but, unlike high-speed rail, hyper-loop is just a concept at this point.
This should've been called the 10 trains the US needs
lol
Oof
Well US needs trains to solve its congestion crisis
Prodromos P yep buy hey, the rona will help with that...
Yeah we really do need trains more than any other mode of transportation right now since we're the most lacking in them of any developed country
The chinese megaprojects video felt so much futuristic, this one felt more like the cruel reality.
chinese? Even Germany or Spain have these things resolved
Desperoro Just take China as the extraordinary example... America can't even compete its colonial fathers.
Yeah right? 1 high speed rail line to be completed by 2030? From 2007 to now, China has built 14,000 miles of high speed rail.
I don't understand. Is that good?
Dan Neutron wow scary... Then we should avoid having the the American elites pay our projects. We should get the working class to pay for it.
Honestly I feel the US is falling behind in infrastructure compared to many other countries
The US isn't falling behind. The US is behind when it comes to infrastructure. It's quite sad too, because this is something that benefits ALL Americans.
The US just had OLD infrastructure because many other nations like China and India recently have acquired modern infrastructure in the past 25 years or so whereas America has had access to more infrastructure for far longer. It just makes it seem like we're behind a little
Not just that BUT the US is not really a country of trains and subways...even though it does have these....the people in the US have personal vehicles...would be very strange to spend money on a commute system when it would not really have as much of an effect like it would in other countries that do not have personal vehicles or at least not a huge chunk of the population. Countries like Australia, US, and Canada are huge and people are expected to travel personally between each area within their country.... families live far and wide spread in these countries as well thus the traveling a life style in these nations...the train and subway in other modern countries are good...BUT they also limit personal freedoms... not that they make it illegal to travel but they do make it so that traveling your own countries far reaches are most difficult. Its a trade off and int he US they rather travel far and wide for obviuos reasons rather than have easy commute in a single area.
your absolutely correct and I travel through Asia and Europe i see it constantly.
China is unreal in the mega project arena.
America is ruled by lawyers , Asia and China are following the engineers not lawyers.
@@jerrycardinale2827 Its a process, the Uk was once ruled by engineers and then was overtaken by lawyers in itself... Eventually, manufacturing will leave China and it will be overtaken by human rights activist that demand more rights for the people and lawyers will sprout up out of this. The UK now is dealing with rather it believes in group worth or self-worth more and this is expressed in nationalism vs globalism...a fight China will also have to battle one day.
Los Angeles just need an overhaul of the entire traffic system
absolutely agree with you, but unfortunately we have a Drumpf president in the WH which means there wont be anything for CA in the next 4 years. period
Lol, I don't even live in America but when I visited LA, I spent more time on freeways than sleeping and doing stuff combined!
State infrastructure and city infrastructure have little to do with the federal government...CA wants new roads, CA builds them...
Kicking the illegals out would probably cut traffic by 15% the first day.
DualityofManLimited illegals? That's who you think are causing traffic. You're really in the deep end, buddy.
I would argue that another mega project should be a modernizing of the electric grid of the North-East US. It is faulty and ancient and BADLY needs an upgrade.
Lol especially after what happened in texas
You should make a video on the future of nuclear power in the u.s.
Great idea!
Finite Wehosh There is NO FUTURE in NUCLEAR power it is an old , dangerous Antiquated source of energy we need SOLAR,WIND TIDAL energy these are the types of energy the American economy NEEDS or it will be left behind by the rest of the world.
Rod Ferguson I am building Vogtle in Georgia. The only nuke plabt that is still expanding.
I am a Carpenter and a Certified Scaffold Competent person.
I Work on all forms of energy. Nuke is necessary for consistency. You need a blend of energy sources.
Please do more videos on urban planning, and future cities. Stuff like that interests me.
I have been waiting for this vid forever!
This video will age very well. Come back after 20 years and the content in this video will still be true.
As a Californian, you won't believe how great it would be to have that high speed train. As much as I enjoy road trips, it would be more convenient and practical to have. I had a 2012 VW TDI and I got 50mpg going 80mph for most of the way. Practically spent $100 round trip and some snacks. But 6 hours is exhausting. Especially when all you're doing is going straight for miles and miles.
The purple line just above DC is defiantly being built and a high speed rail line from DC to NYC is a must.
Jeremy Foster that high speed rail line should run from Richmond VA all the way to Portland ME. Both US Route 1 and I-95 are congested and beyond capacity and another mode of transportation is sorely needed.
I don't think think the maglev will get enough support. If American politicians can't get their heads around the fact that the roads are in the sorry state they are, then how do you expect them to fund a floating train.
The other High Speed train projects have a good chance of being backed though, as they are more conventional in their looks and operations.
Also, the Acela can go 150mph.
I'm so glad the election videos are over. Love seeing this type of content instead. Keep it up! :)
I love how the global meagaprojects are considered standard infrastructure development in the rest of the developed world.
Forget California's high-speed rail, get a hyperloop system going.
Really happy to see these kind of video's back on your channel man! They're so good!
These are your best videos man, love it
Thanks Brad, definitely going to be moving away from so much politics going forward. But occasionally I'll have to make an overtly political video just because, ya know, Trump.
You didn't mention the East Side Access project at Grand Central Station. This project will bring railroads through new deep tunnels below Manhattan. It will expand the station's capacity to 24 trains an hour, an increase of 162,000 passengers a day.
In the streets nearby, MTA is building a new subway line beneath 2nd Ave.
The Milwaukee street car project is also a pretty big infrastructure project
The Gordie Howe Bridge project is far more important to Canada then it is to the United States. So much so that Canada is prepared to pay the full cost of the bridge, including the U.S. customs plazas and connecting roads to the Interstates on American soil.
Wow TDC. I lived this video and so far probably the best video you have posted so far. I agree with this video. As a person born in the Northeast Corridor. The Northeast badly needs high speed rail. The Northeast Needs either a maglev or a TGV system that connects DC Terminus with a Boston Terminus, with stops in NYC and Philadelphia. A 18 year old kid in Philadelphia can go to school in Harvard, and come back home for dinner in the evening. Texas Midland to the Coast will benefit from High Speed Rail, and High Speed Rail from LA to San Francisco is must. I/m happy that the US is getting on the high speed rail, but the US is decades behind Europe, Japan and China which already have established high speed rail system. Even though Acela can travel at 120 miles per hour, it travels at 80 mph, and it runs on the same rail that runs freight and local commuter rail. Northeast Corridor High speed rail needs its own dedicated rail line. As for why NYC does not have a new tunnel for commuter rail? blame bureaucracy. In NYC you have the MTA, Port Authority of NY and NJ, Amtrak and NJ Transit the Feds, the state of NY and state NJ, and the City of NY who all need to flip the bill to build a 1 mile tunnel under the east river. With Trump as president, his staff wants to do a 1 trillion dollar spending on improving infrastructure. Sad part is about Trump administration is that he was voted in by middle America, and most of these infrastructure jobs lay on the coastal cities of America and not within the middle of the country. Trump voters would not benefit from jobs increased of such projects because they don't live in such areas such as Bay Area, DMV area, Texas MIdland-Houston, Northeast Corridor, LA Area and etc.
Thanks for the comment, Benjamin. We'll try to keep the interesting videos coming.
You guys already have the best train system in the nation! Look at CA-OR-WA there is absolutely nothing. West coast needs HSR the most.
Finally another interesting, non-partisan Video from you. THAT'S what I've initially subscribed for! 👍
Hey how about we do these instead of building a pointless wall.
The Acela can actually operate at 165 mph (not the 125 mph stated in the video) but the current infrastructure holds it back. An upgrade to new tracks would greatly improve the speed of operation especially with the Avelia Liberty/Acela 2 trains coming along, while being more cost effective and expandable than a maglev which is ridiculously expensive.
The new WTC? Hudson Yards? The video is named "FUTURE U.S MEGAPROJECTS" Not "FUTURE MEGAPROJECTS THAT THE U.S DESPERATLY NEEDS" Otherwise, Awesome video!
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Important distinction: the D.C. area's Purple Line is Light Rail Transit, not Heavy Rail, like the rest of the Metrorail system is. Also, it will (likely) be operated by the Maryland Transit Administration, not the WMATA (Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority).
The project that is truly needed in the D.C. area is a second Potomac River tunnel for Metrorail. Right now, the system can only run 26 trains per hour through Rosslyn station, with each train able to carry ~950 passengers. The demand from the Orange and Silver lines has forced Metro to run less trains at rush hour on the Blue Line (every 12 minutes, for golly's sake!). There is simply no other option to deliver true capacity gains, than to construct 2 new tracks for the Blue Line at Rosslyn. This will allow all 3 lines to run more trains per hour, and will set the stage for an extension of the (rerouted) Blue line into Georgetown, providing a cross-Potomac capacity gain of 25-50%.
The cost will be in the billions of $, but it will be well worth the extra chump change.
Note the videos on China are the awesome megaprojects they are doing and the US one is the megaprojects they SHOULD be doing.
Ten American infrastructure mega-projects --- small peanuts in the eyes of China, just contract to China, all can be done in 3 years, otherwise, 10-20 years.
I live in FT, Texas and I go every year to Houston but it's a 5hr drive (for us to get there) that train is a good idea!
Why not fly for the same price, which would be slightly faster too despite TCR constantly trying to claim otherwise. Again, it's always pie in the sky, naive, "this would be so cool" idealists in TX supporting this. Nobody that I've heard is making positive PRAGMATIC arguments with real data to back it. All they real world logistics skew negative it would seem.
this is why i love this channel so much
thank you for making these non-political videos again
I’m glad you kept video short and sweet, LOVED IT! (Thanks for the Detroit one they get some bad rep)
I'd love to see it but Americans would rather pay for defence than something that could actually benefit us
Pay for defense as if that is a bad thing? Are you not aware of the rising China and Russian influences in the world?
@@theelvenvampirehakathriel8902 every countries pays for defence. The point is the US is paying too much!
America could afford all of these if we stopped foreign aid to countries who wish to destroy our way of living! Oh and still pay for defense and boarder security.
Because you don't need a defense. you should stop building doors and adding them to your houses.
WHY ARE WE NOT DOING THESE AMAZING THINGS ALREADY
China, and Japan have the best HSR in the World.
Actually it's Germany
no it's china france japan then germany
Elias Khan japan is first for sure
***** 15 years ago yes but not today.
china has more highspeed train than rest of the world combined, their ridership is also highest in the world along with most advanced trains too and france also upgraded their highspeed trains in the last decade
Elias Khan Even the Chinese themselves do not talk about HSR as often as 5 years ago. They are so used to it already that they do not feel proud of it any more. Now they talk about cross ocean and high on the mountain bridges
It's sad that even mega projects in Africa seem more innovative and futuristic than in the US. Most of this projects haven't even been proposed, it's just pointing out that these areas are literally falling apart.
What is sad about that? African countries are emerging powerhouses more power to them.
10 future European megaprojects
10 future African megaprojects
10 future Indian megaprojects
Please!
About bloody time we're heading towards awesome projects in our Country ... Such news put hope, faith in our lives ...
Thanks much "Daily Conversation"'s team in sharing these wonderful futuristic plans ...
This is the content i miss :)
These type of videos are your best
The US is slowly falling behind other developed countries. I'm happy that I moved back to London, UK 3 years ago.
False.
The US failure to invest in a decent rail infrastructure will make commuting by car unbearable as city populations grow.
please make more of these videos
The bering strait bridge better be on here
Too late, those rail project were supposed to happened 30 years earlier.
Where will they find workers to use those infrastructure when robots will take all the jobs by the time those projects finish, in 2040 at best.
This video is old but thought to put my 2 cents in regarding the Northeast Corridor. What they need to do is make the entire line high speed. As of now, the Acela line is fastest from New York to Washington DC. However, many fail to realize that the same line starts in Boston and takes about 4 hours to get from Boston to New York and about 3 hours to get from New York to Washington DC.
I'm from California, and I traveled all over the Western and Eastern states (sorry fly overs) and us in the West don't use trains as much as those in the east, so im not sure if the Texas line is a good investment. The Eastern one however is a good idea. Having used trains in the East, and driving from DC to New York (soooo much damn people), Easterners sure use their trains and i think thats a great investment. I driven in Denver and, like any american city, the highways sucks at times... needs change.
I personally love trains but everyone here just uses their damn car for everything. The Sacramento-SF-LA-San Diego line sounds like a relief as I have driven to all from my city (Sacramento) and *it. is. hell.* would definitely use everytime i go SF, which is frequent.
People don't use them in the West because they are not available. It's not like there's some cultural difference that means we don't want fast transportation on this coast. I live in California and I can't wait for HSR to LA to exist. I will take it all the time.
Love these vids! Wish you would have extended this one to a 20 min mini doc like the others?
Imagine if the US didnt spend over 50% of our budget on war and meddling in other's affairs
On wars we spend only 8% not 50%
So Denver saw the utter mess that was the Big Dig and thought, "Yeah, I think I'll have some of that."
The US definitely needs to catch up with Europe and Japan when it comes to train travel. Get out of your cars guys
but china has the best train in the world
True
Neverrrrrrr!!!! I resist the change lol. I'll never give up driving my oversized guzzling truck lol jk
Elisa Khan, and they are german and japanese made...
I like cars but its nice when you have buses or something in addition
I love this channel and I just started watching
Please do a video on megaprjnects in Southeast Asia.
That first one is kinda true. I lived in Dallas Fort Worth and me and my family would drive to Houston and then to Galveston to go on cruises and going from Dallas to Houston was lonnggggg
Why not fly then? Driving is so much cheaper. Your point is also missing that this line's main demographic will need to be business travelers that switch to rail from planes they use today. There's not enough personal daily ridership between the two cities to make it financially viable today. So although it's "cool" your family would like it, your personal anecdote doesn't provide a pragmatic argument for the rail to be built.
Instead of building a wall that won't stop drugs or Mexican migration. They should found this projects that actually help the American people...
Sexy Mexican69 not gonna happen
Most illegals don't even travel through the wall lmao, plus it's a taxpayer's burden compared to just improving the current wall and implementing border security.
Plus illegal immigrants by law have rights, and asylum seekers can have citizenship. (yes, by law too.)
America needs to update its infrastructure!!! If we keep neglecting the importance of how we get around, the jobs and economy will start tanking.
Ummm, before any of these "megaprojects" are tackled, the school's in the cities to need to be fixed and rebuilt. How can schools with no heat and no air conditioning operate in 2017?
finally a channel where they get straight to the point and not drag the video on for 20 minutes
Infrastructure is one of the few areas I wholeheartedly agree with trump.
JoshDoesEverything I heard Trump want to build.... er.... what is it other than the Great Wall of America?
chongjunxiang3002 he did talk about improving the sorry state of airports, trains, and public transports in general. he also talked about improving public infrastructure such as hospitals, schools, etc.
thats why I said I agree with him there
we have to spend $3.6T or that abouts by 2023 or whatever
Everyone does. But the budget passed this week has $0 for infrastructure. His 100 day contract said he'd release infrastructure plan. No plan yet.
Another correction is that the Acela top speed is 150 mph, and their replacements, the Avelia Liberty Trainsets set for delivery starting in 2021 will operate at 160 mph.
it's 21st century - nothing to be proud of acela express....
What? It takes until 2030 to make a highspeeds train connection in CA? WTF! By 2030 that train connection will be old already since other countries have hyperloops. How does the USA dare to call themselfs the greatest nation in the world?
T Cheng Yeah, that was a pretty stupid thing to do
Xenon he's better than Hildabeast
Xenon
Hyperloop is just a fantasy. It is not technically practical. You cannot have stops every 100 km, because you cannot reach full speed. It will be point-to-point, so what is the advantage to flight? The CRH has already shown that 350km/h is not as efficient as 300km/h. And only 3% of passengers actually travel between Beijing and Shanghai. The rest 97% travel only a short section.
liuyangyang I think one day it won't be fantasy anymore. Los Angeles and San Francisco are further apart than 100km. And think about airplanes. 200 years ago it was impossible! And look at how many planes there are in the sky right now! Back than people didn't feel Te need to travel that far, but the planes changed that. And the hyperloop will change our way of travel too. But I do agree high speed trains stop too often
Xenon, there is no such thing as hyperloop. It is only a distraction to stop high speed rail, in order to protect the car companies. Remember, Elon Musk owns a car company. The technical reasons why hyperloop is unrealistic are too many to even justify giving it consideration.
you forgot one. the i-4 ultimate mega project will hopefully cut traffic times in the highly populated orlando metro area by adding an express lane and widening the normal lanes to handle more cars
Anderson Kaczmarek ua-cam.com/video/N4PW66_g6XA/v-deo.html
Corrections to the Acela pronounciation and top speed:
Pronounciation: Ah-sell-ah
Top speed: 150 mph, not 125, as stated in the video.
Infrastructures are good things but there is a lot to think about when planing to build it...Think about where to settle the the stops, where to settle the people that live there(what are you gonna do if those people don't wanna move?), the environment, the funding, the time & etc..
mia jia Apparently wasn’t a problem when building freeways.
How much does all this cost?
Matt Czech $900 billions I don't know.
According to a recent report by the American Society of Civil Engineers, a complete upgrade of U.S. infrastructure by 2025 could take about 4.54 trillion dollars.
BRAVO nice presentation !!!
We need hyperloops! :D (here come the naysayers)
Hyperloop is a technology under development. High-speed and maglev trains have been around for decades. Why not invest in something that actually exists?
This is just sadness compared to the Chinese ones. And the ones here’s won’t be built. The USA just needs it. America needs China to be able to build the built trains
Hahha the high speed train project will have completed by the end of 2030???? While China already have had since 2008😂😂😂 and the total length has reach 20000 kilometers with the speed up to 350km/h.
I am in South Carolina and it's raining sooo... yep we do need those dams
Denver's plan is really stupid. Get rid of the freeway.
TheColorfulPube have you seen Rush hour traffic it needs it, I just wish they submerged the whole thing plus I-25
If bigger cities can do without freeways running through their centers, so can Denver. Freeways within cities will always be dumb as they interrupt the street grid and cause massive bottlenecks. Also, they take up a massive amount of room and no one wants to use real estate that neighbors them.
Then what route would people driving from Kansas City to Salt Lake City take? You do realize I-70 is a national freeway that connects the east & west coasts, right?
Top 10 US megaproject, that was 5 years ago. Any been done? Do we have to wait another 50 years before even 1 complete?
Do a European or African one next
I'll definitely look into it :)
The Daily Conversation new hyperloop in Czech Republic or London Crossrail in Europe spring to mind
Horatio Huskisson hyperloop is American and its more like a theory not a real thing.
The Daily Consersation: Try the London Crossrail.
Note the terminology used for California Bullet Train, "Phase 1". Phase one is current Cal trans train corridors raiding the bullet Train bonds. Old tech running on new rail for so many years they would need replacing by the time Bullet trains would arrive. It is a Boondoggle Project the will constantly have its money raided by the State for other things(General Budget). Its been a Bait and Switch since after the first Bond passed.
What about Trump's wall?
that is the only megaproject which will see the face of completion
US desperately needs high speed rail projects. They should be on top of government's priority
California desperately needs a mega train like that one.
As for the California high speed rail, the projected cost has been rising and it is projected that the train won't go as fast as initially promised because it may be using the same rail as other trains.
This is like child project compare to china's mega projects.
nope
That's because the U.S. is paying for them. The last time I looked, we owed China $1.2 trillion. With only 1% interest, that means they could afford to build one Cowboy's Stadium per month JUST on the interest, not the principle.
Because we are waiting money bombing deserts and building useless walls
studies boy lol i agree
There is a difference between reality and fantasy.
in America 1 guy is working and 6 are "supervising" to make sure its safe.
I just came ffrom the china's future megaprojects (2016-2050's) and you don't talk so much trash about U.S. governent and the negative effects of these future U.S. hmm 🤔 I wonder why . Maybe you aren't being objective ??? hmm 🤔 dislike!
Instead we are adding to military spending to fortify a military that is already top in the world by far. We worry more about our ability to cause destruction than our needs domestically to repair and upgrade infrastructure. The military industrial complex is top priority in this country and until that changes we will continue to see our country literally crumble. Sad.
How could you forget our 12 billion dollars' wall that has zero economic benefit?
it will when all the crime is lessened,less drugs,more jobs for Americans,and America is safe
I am a Republican, but how about this?
Democrats: Stop giving money, food stamps, and aid to other countries and our people that refuse to work. ~1-2 trillion dollars saved per year. Also, stop funding abortions
Republicans: Stop spending so much on the military. I get that we need to honor our veterans, but does this cost 800 billion dollars a year? We could give veterans huge bonuses with 50 - 100 billion dollars a year, plus 200 billion dollars a year for development. 300 billion dollars a year for the military is more than enough.
1.5 - 3 trillion dollars saved per year
Yes I hope American's good future !!
China's megaprojects are cool and interesting, America's projects are basic and plain.
There is a difference between reality and fantasy.
Yea well explain how half the country is polluted....they build cool things in China but they only focus on cool skyscrapers they should be focusing on taking care of their real problems instead of trying to be cool
1. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
2. As Pat said, chinas megaprojects are not to help the people, its to make the government look better so they can keep good relations and cover their brutal methods of staying in control.
China’s government has unlimited funds to build whatever they want to and no public opposition to build whatever they want to. Much different situation in the us
Go move to China then
I would also love to see more videos lile these in the future thanks!
the Wall?
amtrack has already announced there new train that can go 220mph
220 mph on this old dilapidated rail infrastructure? Be afraid very very afraid!
lol does California and all the other states working on trains not realise Elon Musk is making a new train that goes 700 mph (I 4got what it's called)
This high speed train has been in progress for a decade now, long before Musk announced his Hyperloop.
That technology currently remains under development. Meanwhile, the maglev train has been around for decades; it is tried and true.
Tue Le maglev is too expensive and only one line in the world operates
@qjtvaddict: Maglev may be expensive compared to high-speed trains but they are worth the money of your population density is sufficiently high. And no, there are many places that operate maglev trains.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglev
Bot No, Elon Musk is not making a 700 mph train (called Hyperloop, by the way). Neither is anybody else. Hyperloop does not exist, except as a not-very-thought-out concept. The technical hurdles which would have to be overcome to build such a thing are probably insurmountable with today’s technology, and the benefit of such a system could probably never justify its expense. You think bullet trains are expensive? They’re nothing compared with Hyperloop!
Thanks for the information and updates please
Nah! Donald, leave this to the next president; only a truly great president could accomplish all these things (wink wink).
More infrastructure related videos!
Cool Idea but it will cost more than that as construction usually never finish on time, and costs usually are understated and is usually over the budget.
More top 10 infrastructure megaprojects needed videos for other countries, like South Korea, Singapore, Japan, Indonesia, India, Brazil, UK, Germany, Canada, Australia etc. These are very good!
That last one tho. I live in northeastern New Jersey and the NJ Transit lines don't cross the Hudson into Manhattan anymore. To get into NYC you have to get off in Hoboken, NJ and then take a subway train into Manhattan.
I live in Texas and traffic in Houston, Dallas, and Austin is insane. Even though a high speed train connecting all of those cities along with San Antonio and Corpus Christi would be awesome, it can't be done. Most of the train track in Texas is owned by Union Pacific and BNSF, thus passenger trains couldn't use it and most people here don't see building more track as a priority. :(
Rodrigo Gonzales-Rojas Austin needs to just stop growing and trying to be something that it is not meant to be and that is a big city. Leave the big city things to Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, and San Antonio.