The U.S. Pacific Northwest High Speed Rail Corridor At True High Speed? | Cascadia HSR

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Looking at the Federal Railroad Administration's high speed rail Pacific Northwest Corridor and what it would be like to build a true HSR line from centered around from Vancouver British Columbia to Eugene, Oregon via Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington. The route runs through the Willamette River Valley in Oregon, then along mostly Interstate 5 through the hearts of Portland and Seattle before crossing over to Canada and finishing the trip on BC99 before reaching the core of Vancouver. Where will go? How much will it cost? Is it worth building? Find out inside. Leave a comment and also join the continuing discussion at the Discord Lucid Group: https://discord.gg/y9rcQ8uWdH Links: https://wsdot.wa.gov/construction-planning/search-studies/ultra-high-speed-rail-study https://www.cascadiarail.org/ https://cascadiahighspeedrail.net/ https://www.broadwaycorridorpdx.com/ https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_184812ca-51c7-11ee-a46c-9ffc76f6b60d.html Chapters: 0:00 Hey It's Your Old Pal Lucid Stew Again 0:04 Introduction 1:03 The Four Metros 3:34 HSR Guiding Principles 4:20 Eugene, Oregon 5:25 Eugene to Portland 6:32 Portland, Oregon 7:43 Portland to Seattle 10:26 Seattle, Washington 11:18 Seattle to Burlington 12:23 Options North @ Burlington 13:25 Burlington to Vancouver B.C. 14:29 Vancouver B.C. 14:50 Travel Times 16:15 HSR vs. Intraregional Flights 16:47 Estimated Cost 17:51 Conclusion, Up Next, and Lucid Group 18:28 See You On That Big, Beautiful Freeway! Image Attribution: "中文：武汉光谷空轨" (altered to STU) by Painjet https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en "Car 005 of the Portland Streetcar system, a 2001 Škoda/Inekon 10T, is leaving the Broadway Bridge (in Portland, Oregon), on the B Loop service, a counterclockwise loop. The Broadway Bridge is a bascule-type drawbridge that was completed in 1913 and is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It has carried streetcars from 1913 to 1940 and again since 2012." by Steve Morgan https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ "Streetcar at Lake Union Park" by Dllu https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ "West Coast Express commuter train at Waterfront station in Downtown Vancouver. June 2019." by Northwest https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ "King County / Elliot Bay water taxi and downtown Seattle." by Adbar https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en "Seattle monorail train near the northern terminus." by Klaus with K https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en "Two Sounder trainsets at Tukwila station" by Sounderbruce https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en "A Kinkisharyo-Mitsui light rail vehicle on Central Link approaching SeaTac/Airport station. The airport's control tower is seen in the background." by Sounderbruce https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en "A double-decker Sound Transit Express bus on Route 513, seen at Mountlake Terrace Transit Center's freeway median stops." by Sounderbruce https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en "2014 New Flyer XT40 on King County Metro route 36" by Sounderbruce https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ "An EmX New Flyer DE60LFA bus waits at the intersection of Tenth Ave. and Willamette St. in Eugene, Oregon, a week before the line begins service." by Chris Phan https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en "A northbound Amtrak Cascades train arriving at Vancouver station in August 2021" by David Wilson https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ '"Burrard Beaver SeaBus" crossing Burrard Inlet.' by ~riley https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ "Mark I train on the Expo Line in New Westminster, British Columbia." by Northwest https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ "Low-floor trolleybus (or trolley bus) 2214 of Vancouver's TransLink is a 2007-built New Flyer E40LFR. It is shown leaving the bus loop/transit centre at the Marine Drive station of the Canada Line rapid-transit line." by Steve Morgan https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Topics: Washington Oregon Eugene University of Oregon Ducks Interstate 5 Willamette River Willamette Valley Lane Transit District Salem Oregon Portland Portland International Airport Portland Union Station Keep Portland Weird Columbia River Interstate 205 High Speed Rail HSR Vancouver Washington Vader Washington Fort Lewis Duwamish Valley Seattle King Street Station Everett Mt. Vernon Burlington Sumas Bellingham Canada British Columbia Surrey Fraser River Vancouver B.C. Waterfront Station