Why the U.S. Does Not Have High-Speed Rail (Yet)

A private company, Brightline, hopes to open the first high-speed rail line in the United States. Michael Kimmelman, the architecture critic of The New York Times, looks at Brightline’s passenger service in Florida and the company’s planned high-speed line connecting Los Angeles with Las Vegas.

Video by Michael Kimmelman, Gabriel Blanco, Laura Bult, David Jouppi and Laura Salaberry

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