Cascadia Rail

Our vision: Vancouver to Seattle and Seattle to Portland connected in less than 90 minutes, and transport to Eastern Washington faster than driving. https://lnkd.in/gugp7r6 #highspeedrail

YouTuber "Lucid Stew" is back with another video about Cascadia High Speed Rail, this time with a thought experiment of building HSR exclusively by taking lanes away from I-5! Certainly not a realistic nor desirable scenario (for many reasons outlined in the video) but as a tongue-in-cheek proposal we can learn a lot: https://lnkd.in/g9igqv2Y

"Train travel in the Pacific Northwest is roaring back, with Amtrak Cascades trains seeing a 75% jump in ridership last year." https://lnkd.in/gge__KNC

?? Action alert! ?? #HighSpeedRail is still a long ways away, & we need more ambitious rail improvements in the meantime. Unfortunately, the goals set out in the latest Amtrak Cascades long term plan are moving backward not forward. Contact WSDOT and demand higher speeds and improved frequency in the Cascadia corridor. https://lnkd.in/gUmh63MJ

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) released a Preliminary Service Development Plan (SDP) for #AmtrakCascades, a step towards creating a blueprint for improving the route over the next twenty years. Check out these preliminary alternative service diagrams! While this is not true #HighSpeedRail, these are very important incremental improvements to speed & frequency that will make a big difference in the near term. https://lnkd.in/gugqcAhC

On Monday, March 11, U.S. Representatives Seth Moulton (D-MA) and Suzan DelBene (D-WA) introduced the American High-Speed Rail Act of 2024. This bill would provide $205 billion over five years for the planning and construction of a national high-speed rail network. Fill out this form (via the High Speed Rail Alliance) to send a message of support to Congress! https://lnkd.in/gJJHxt-t #HighSpeedRail #HighSpeedRailAct #HSR

Check out this series of presentations about Cascadia High Speed Rail to the Oregon Joint Committee on Transportation, January 12, 2024. Content starts at the 10 minute mark https://lnkd.in/gaKgkFne

ACTION ALERT: The Washington State Senate has a hearing today (Tuesday January 9, at 4pm) about funding for High Speed Rail! Sign up to show your support for this bill by 3pm TODAY, or you can submit written testimony before 4pm TOMORROW! Senate Bill 5947 includes $2,250,000 in planning funds for Ultra High Speed Ground Transportation (UHSGT) and pre-allocates $50 million from the carbon emissions reduction account for use in matching funds for federal grants. We believe these investments will provide unmatched long-term benefits for our region, and are a necessary complement to short-term improvements for the existing Amtrak Cascades service. Don't listen to the critics who say it's an either/or situation. We can and must invest in our rail infrastructure both in the short term, and with High Speed Rail for the long term! Use this link to sign in or submit written testimony: https://lnkd.in/dbf4y94Z #HighSpeedRail #CascadiaRail #Cascadia

We’ve always believed that High Speed Rail is the best way to deliver on WSDOT’s plans for “Ultra High Speed Ground Transportation” in Cascadia. We’re glad that everyone else is coming around to the realization that hyperloop was never more than an unserious, bad-faith proposal meant to undermine HSR. Let’s get on with building a network of super fast trains here in the US! https://lnkd.in/gYkce6Si

Good news, the Federal Railroad Administration announced grants for further study of #Cascadia #HighSpeedRail, and for improvements to the existing Amtrak Cascades service. Don't listen to the haters who say it's an either/or proposition. We need both short-term improvements to Amtrak Cascades, *AND* long-term planning for High Speed Rail. We need both. We can have both. The climate crisis demands we do both! https://lnkd.in/gwfwh5-W