A bipartisan congressional group is asking the Biden administration to fast-track federal funds for a private company to build a high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area.
LAS VEGAS — A bipartisan congressional group from Nevada and California asked the Biden administration Monday to fast-track federal funds for a private company to build a high-speed rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area.
The Mojave Desert is largely open space, and the electric-powered trains could potentially cut the four-hour trip in half, carrying passengers at speeds of nearly 200 mph. Brightline West is seeking $3.75 billion in federal funding from the Biden administration-backed federal infrastructure law. Amtrak passenger service to Las Vegas ended in 1997 with the demise of a train called the Desert Wind. The concept of building a bullet train through the Mojave Desert dates back to at least 2005 under various names. It has seen starts and stops over the years and became sidetracked during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In Texas, a study published last month by Reason Foundation, a libertarian think tank, concluded the state's fast rail project is stalled by climbing costs, lack of legislative support and opposition from farmers, ranchers and other landowners "who objected to having their land bisected by a train traveling at 200 miles per hour over 30 times each day." It noted the Texas Legislature passed a law prohibiting spending any funds on the project.
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