New York's Empire High Speed Rail Corridor

Looking at the Federal Railroad Administration's high speed rail Empire Corridor and what it would be like to build a true high speed line from New York City to the Canadian border at Niagara Falls. The route runs through New York City, Poughkeepsie, Albany, Syracuse, Rochester, and Buffalo. It services over 20 million people, but is contained entirely within New York state.

There is an official environmental impact statement for this idea. I did not find this until after I made the video, and I'm glad because that enabled me to come to similar conclusions independently. I invite you to check that EIS out, as it is far more extensive than I could possibly manage and goes in depth about many interesting alternatives:
https://www.dot.ny.gov/empire-corridor

Video clips used from Pexels.com and Pixabay.com. Both are excellent free video clip and image repositories.

0:00 Introduction
0:09 Empire Corridor Description
1:15 Benefits of HSR in the Empire Corridor
2:35 HSR Challenges in the Empire Corridor
3:47 Can This Route Be Run At 110mph?
4:42 HSR Guiding Principles
4:47 Empire Corridor HSR Overview
5:05 New York City to Albany
9:00 Albany to Syracuse
10:42 Rochester
10:55 Buffalo and Niagara Falls
11:54 "The Toronto Option"
12:29 Cost and Travel Times
12:56 I-87 Alternative
13:23 Better Off At 110mph?
14:55 Coming Next
15:17 Outro

Topics:

Pennsylvania Station
Moynihan Train Hall
Northeast Corridor
Manhattan West Side Line
Riverside Park
Spuyten Duyvil Bridge
Mario Cuomo Bridge
Tappan Zee Bridge
Yonkers
Hudson River
Hudson Highlands
Peekskill
Newburgh
Livingston Avenue Bridge
New York State Thruway Authority
Buffalo Central Terminal
Canada
New York Stewart International Airport