The United States Gulf Coast High Speed Rail Corridor

Looking at the Federal Railroad Administration's high speed rail Gulf Coast Corridor and what it would be like to build a true HSR line from Houston, Texas to Atlanta, Georgia. The route runs through Beaumont, Lake Charles, Lafayette, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Gulf Port, Biloxi, Mobile, Jackson, Meridian, Tuscaloosa, and Birmingham. It services about 20 million people within 5 states

There is one true high speed feasibility study for part of this route. You can find it here:

https://www.dot.ga.gov/InvestSmart/Ra...

I am aware that I mixed up MARTA and METRA at 18:40 . I apologize to any Atlantans or Chicagoans whose sensibilities were exceeded by this mistake.

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0:00 Introduction
0:12 Corridor Demographics
2:12 Corridor Description
4:09 Gulf Coast HSR Challenges
7:42 HSR Principles
9:59 Cost Estimation Algorithm
10:34 The Corridor At True High Speed
11:46 Sample Travel Times
12:48 True High Speed Route Summary
13:26 Differences With The Federal Route
17:48 Completed Route Possibilities
19:26 Up Next
20:10 See You On That Big, Beautiful Freeway!

Topics:

Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Houston
Beaumont
Lake Charles
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Biloxi
Mobile
Jackson
Tuscaloosa
Birmingham
Texas Triangle
I20X
University of Alabama
Texas Central Railroad
Interstate 285
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
MARTA
Centennial Yards
Atlanta
Charlotte North Carolina