They have been talking about a train from LA to LV since at least 1981 when I came out here.
Maybe Jerry Brown could run the project after he is termed out.
I don’t think anyone in the private sector would hire Brown for anything but janitorial work.
I have heard from COUNTLESS foreigners visiting here in LA why there is not one train that goes to LV for many, many years...
I prefer to drive. I like deserts and it’s a change of pace from seeing the urban hell we live and work in..
All the private interests in the railroad to Vegas venture should seek instead to take over Ontario International airport and expand air service between there and Las Vegas.
Ontario International is near enough to most of southern California (& only 1 hr from central L.A.). Flight time to Las Vegas is about one hour. Total travel time would be less than the drive up the crowded I-15 to victorville and then a “high speed” train that will not likely go even 100MPH which by itself will take another two hours.
Rail is old style technology with fixed path and essentially fixed destination infrastructure. Planes have multiple and variable route options.
The problem with air travel today is not enough airports and not enough exansion at smaller airports. If “Las Vegas” investment helped expand the use of Ontario, Ontario would expand beyond that and continue to further relieve uber busy LAX.