The OTHER California High Speed Rail | The High Desert Corridor Connecting CAHSR and Brightline West

Before California High Speed Rail, California had a high speed rail project called DesertXpress, which aimed to connect Las Vegas with the desert city of Victorville back when Brightline West was just a twinkle in Brightline's eye. When California High Speed Rail came around, Palmdale was a logical place where the two projects could meet. Enter a freeway that was never built, and a million different complications, and you have the High Desert Corridor. This is a proposed high speed rail line that could connect to Brightline West in Victor Valley and CAHSR in Palmdale, if the CAHSR Authority can ever get the project that far. Recently, the High Desert Corridor Joint Powers Authority put out an update about the project. In response I went out to the high desert, with my GoPro and my drone to check it out. See what I found inside! Join the continuing conversation in the Lucid Group Discord channel:   / discord   Stock video and imagery from Pexels.com Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:21 How We Got Here 2:04 Where We Are Now 2:27 The 54-Mile Project Route 10:11 Questions Remain 11:02 Brightline West Update Next 11:40 I'll See You On That Big, Beautiful Freeway! Topics: High Desert Corridor California High Speed Rail Brightline West Freeway Antelope Valley Victor Valley DesertXpress XpressWest California Nevada High Speed Rail HSR CAHSR BLW Cajon Pass Rancho Cucamonga Los Angeles Las Vegas Palmdale Palmdale Transportation Center Space Shuttle Edwards Air Force Base Little Rock Creek Big Rock Creek Rosamond Dry Lake Rogers Dry Lake El Mirage Dry Lake Adelanto Southern California Logistics Airport Victorville Federal Correctional Complex Mojave River Gorge Interstate 15 State Route 14 State Route 138 State Route 18 Brightline West Victor Valley HSR Station Victorville References: https://highdesertcorridor.org/ https://hsr.ca.gov/ https://dpw.sbcounty.gov/transportati... https://railroads.dot.gov/rail-networ... https://www.cityofpalmdaleca.gov/426/... https://www.dailynews.com/2016/06/09/... https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/l... https://www.planetizen.com/news/2019/... https://www.railway-technology.com/ne... https://www.vvdailypress.com/story/bu... https://lasvegassun.com/news/2009/sep... #highspeedrail #train #railroad #transit #highspeedtrain #california #californiadesert #highdesert #palmdale #victorville