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#1 Sloan

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Posted 20 January 2015 - 04:12 PM

 

 group based in Portland is lobbying local governments for a high speed train that would connect the Cascadia region, from Vancouver to Portland.

The proposed train would take passengers from Greater Vancouver to Seattle in less than an hour, and to Portland in less than two.

http://www.cbc.ca/ne...ouver-1.2919486



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Posted 20 January 2015 - 08:27 PM

..... but not in the rainy season when mudslides will block the tracks.  :blink:   They need to eradicate that issue first to make the conventional intercity and commuter service more reliable before worrying about high speed rail.



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Posted 26 January 2015 - 04:04 AM

I believe that they have a solution suggested for that problem, a tunnel, further inland, via Lake Forest Park. Will be expensive, and the Alaskan Way Highway tunnel does not inspire confidence, although we are a little better with rail tunnels lately.
http://cascadiahighs...e toEverett.pdf

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Posted 21 September 2016 - 03:18 PM

 

 

Seattle to Vancouver in 57 minutes? Political leaders push for cross-border high-speed rail

 

VANCOUVER, B.C. — Plenty of barriers have kept Seattle and Vancouver from becoming a single, connected region. Chief among them, the international border and the numerous traffic jams that travelers inevitably encounter one a journey between the two cities.

http://www.geekwire....igh-speed-rail/



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Posted 15 February 2017 - 08:29 PM

CBC News British Columbia, 2/14:
 

1 hour from Vancouver to Seattle? Washington state budgets $1M for high-speed rail study

 

The Cascadia region — Vancouver to Seattle to Portland — fits the bill for a high speed line, says expert

 

 

While linking Vancouver, Seattle and Portland via high-speed train is not a new idea, the project is back on the metaphorical rails after Washington Governor Jay Inslee set aside $1 million in his 2017-2019 state budget to study the feasibility of the infrastructure project.

 

Mark Hallenbeck is the director of the Washington State Transportation Center — a research partnership between the state's Department of Transportation, the University of Washington and the Washington State University.

 

He said the Cascadia region — Vancouver to Seattle to Portland —  fits the geographic and population constraints for a high-speed rail line.

 

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Posted 13 September 2017 - 04:38 PM

 

 

Seattle, Vancouver tech companies collaborate on high speed rail, seaplane route

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http://www.king5.com...route/474252532






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