Plans Develop for High-Speed Rail in the PNW

Re:Plans Develop for High-Speed Rail in the PNW by fnordpiglet on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:16PM (#36916513)

I have several friends that commute from Portland to seattle via bus or Vancouver to seattle via car or occasionally seaplane taxi. I’m sure they would really appreciate a high speed rail infrastructure particularly if it exits at a transportation hub as they propose.

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Re:Plans Develop for High-Speed Rail in the PNW by neilv on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:19PM (#36916528)

I know people with long commutes, too. Just eliciting requirements for this project, which I didn't see stated.

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Re:Plans Develop for High-Speed Rail in the PNW by fasthands9 on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:30PM (#36916582)

I've had to do Boston to NYC a lot lately. I wish it was faster but frankly not really sure how much value is added by going faster.

US cities are still fairly spread out so for someone to be able to feasibly commute on it they'd have to be a short distance (both their house and workplace) to the train station. My unsophisticated take is that it seems like better local transpo would have an easier time of finding enough people.

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