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I have several friends that commute from Portland to seattle via bus or Vancouver to seattle via car or occasionally seaplane taxi. I’m sure they would really a
by fnordpiglet 3y ago
I have several friends that commute from Portland to seattle via bus or Vancouver to seattle via car or occasionally seaplane taxi. I’m sure they would really appreciate a high speed rail infrastructure particularly if it exits at a transportation hub as they propose.
- neilv 3y agoI know people with long commutes, too. Just eliciting requirements for this project, which I didn't see stated.
- fasthands9 3y agoI've had to do Boston to NYC a lot lately. I wish it was faster but frankly not really sure how much value is added by going faster. US cities are still fairly spread out so for someone to be able to feasibly commute on it they'd have to be a short distance (both their house and workplace) to the train station. My unsophisticated take is that it seems like better local transpo would have an easier time of finding enough people. Obviously these aren't mutually exclusive, but the number of people that would take advantage of true HSR that wouldnt take advantage of slower rail seems small.