mastodon 4.7.2Advocating for #HighSpeedRail to connect Vancouver🇨🇦, Bellingham, Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, and Eastern Washington.🇺🇸
‘The time is right’ for US to catch up on high-speed rail, says British Amtrak exec
“With half a dozen US rail projects in the works, Andy Byford thinks Americans will soon clamor for 200mph train lines”
Via The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/16/high-speed-rail-amtrak
"Record-breaking year for Amtrak Cascades ridership between Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland" https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/amtrak-cascades-vancouver-seattle-portland-ridership
#AmtrakCascades #Cascadia #CascadiaRail #Vancouver #Seattle #Portland #PNW
New video from prolific High Speed Rail Youtuber "Lucid Stew" about Cascadia High Speed rail, which sketches out the details of a new hypothetical route between Eugene and Vancouver, BC. What do you think of this route?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBiSqyTSKH0
#Cascadia #CascadiaHSR #CascadiaRail #HSR #PNW #Eugene #Portland #Seattle #Vancouver
Via Axios: "Train travel in the Pacific Northwest is roaring back, with Amtrak Cascades trains seeing a 75% jump in ridership last year."
https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2024/08/07/trains-amtrak-cascades-seattle-portland-pnw
#PNW #Cascades #Cascadia #Amtrak #AmtrakCascades #CascadiaRail #PacificNorthwest
More coverage of Cascadia High Speed Rail:
"Microsoft-backed high-speed rail project links major West Coast cities in under an hour: 'This is an investment in the future'"
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-home/cascadia-high-speed-rail-seattle-portland/
#microsoft #cascadia #CascadiaRail #CascadiaHSR #HSR #HighSpeedRail
WSDOT is asking for input on the Washington State Rail Plan. Fill out the quick survey here: https://engagekh.mysocialpinpoint.com/WAStateRailPlan
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://www.hsrail.org/blog/amtrak-cascades-path-to-increasing-speed-and-frequency/
🚨 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 #AmtrakCascades long term plan are moving backward not forward.
Contact #WSDOT and demand higher speeds and improved frequency in the #Cascadia corridor.
https://www.theurbanist.org/2024/04/12/op-ed-washington-needs-bigger-amtrak-cascades-upgrades-on-a-faster-timeline/
Congrats to #AmtrakCascades for 30 years of service!
"It was 30 years ago today (no joke!) that WSDOT and Amtrak started a single daily train between Seattle and Portland. It was the start of the Amtrak Cascades legacy. Thank you for riding with us!"
https://wsdot.wa.gov/about/news/2024/celebrating-30-years-amtrak-cascades-passenger-rail-service
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://www.hsrail.org/action-alert-support-the-american-high-speed-rail-act-2024/
“Activists, officials disagree about how to boost Amtrak Cascades ridership”
#AmtrakCascades #cascadia #CascadiaRail #WSDOT #washington #WashingtonState
Happy #CascadiaDay to those who celebrate!
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: