High Speed Rail
Sunday Video: A Realistic Cascadia High-Speed Rail Line
The dream of high-speed rail in Cascadia continues as state government studies how to achieve it, but what might a realistic high-speed rail line...
Sunday Video: North American High-Speed Rail Lines That Should Already Be Running
Ray Delahanty of CityNerd has an updated analysis of potentially high-performing corridors for high-speed rail in North America. Delahanty scores dozens of corridors, but...
Feds Grant $1 Million to Study Cascadia High-Speed Rail and Amtrak Cascades Upgrades
Washington State came up short in its bid for a larger $198 million grant to advance high-speed rail planning.
On Friday, the Federal Railroad Administration...
The Urbanist Podcast: UW Looks at Getting Cascadia High Speed Rail
Cascadia is uniquely set up as a region that would support high-speed rail. Between the linear arrangement of Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver, BC, and...
In 2023, Cascadia Rail Could Take Lessons from 1953
On the whole, 2022 was not a bad year for intercity passenger rail service in the northwest. In March, the Washington State Legislature allocated...
Anti-High-Speed Rail Rhetoric Takes Root in Local Legislative Districts
The fight is starting over high-speed rail in Washington State. On Wednesday night, the 36th District Democrats considered a resolution to oppose the use...
Democrats Unveil Transformative ‘Move Ahead Washington’ Transportation Package
On Tuesday, the Washington State Legislature's Democratic caucus unveiled a $16 billion proposal funding a suite of transportation projects intended to be completed over...
High Speed Rail Is a Solution for Terrible Airlines
The winter holidays gifted Seattle thousands of cancelled flights, likely affecting over 100,000 travellers. Today, weeks later, people are feeling the impacts as airlines...