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WA Democrats ask Buttigieg for $200M to plan Canada-Seattle-Portland bullet train (www.seattletimes.com)
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In hopes to deliver 250 mph rail service by midcentury, the Democrats in Washington’s congressional delegation are asking the federal government for $198 million to help plan a route between Vancouver, B.C.; Seattle; and Portland.

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[–] 17 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Imagine if the Vancouver-Portland corridor had HSR before the Quebec-Windsor corridor

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago

    thaat's another rail line that needs to happen yesterday. hell, extend it into detroit and onto chicago. if I may dream for a moment, extend it from chicago to o'hare and have a system to transfer to and from rail and air travel painless, so you can connect onto and from international flights

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