WSDOT is studying how high-speed ground rail might serve as a catalyst to transform the Pacific Northwest. A stronger, better connected economic megaregion — stretching from greater Vancouver, British Columbia to metro Seattle, Washington to Portland, Oregon — has the potential to thrive in the global marketplace.

2024年4月30日 · Last summer, an independent review commissioned by the Washington Legislature's Joint Transportation Committee estimated that construction of a "state of the art" high-speed rail link could...

In March 2022, the Washington Legislature directed and provided funding for the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to continue exploring a new ultra high-speed ground transportation corridor, consistent with the November 2021 Memorandum of Understanding signed by the governors of Washington and Oregon and the Premier of British

High speed rail would connect Seattle to Tacoma/Everett in 15 minutes — a total of 130 hours or 6 days each year commuting. With high speed rail, you gain 27 days of your life back. What would you do with an extra month of time? In the Pacific Northwest, 200,000 jobs will be created with the Cascadia High Speed Rail project.

The 466-mile (750 km) corridor extends from Eugene, Oregon, to Vancouver, British Columbia, via Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region. It was designated a high-speed rail corridor on October 20, 1992, as the one of five high-speed corridors in the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 ...

The Cascades High-Speed Rail Program received nearly $800 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail funds to increase service reliability; reduce travel times; and add two more Amtrak Cascades round trips …

2024年5月15日 · 1. Cascadia high-speed rail, led by WSDOT Urban Mobility, Access and Megaprograms (UMAM) 2. Amtrak Cascadesled by, WSDOT Rail, Freight and Ports Division 7 Corridor selections announced today create a strong pipeline of projects that will drive future passenger rail expansion in America, and the Federal Railroad Administration is

The Washington Department of Transportation is leading an effort to build a transformative, state-of-the-art high-speed line to help solve the region’s economic, environmental, and sustainability challenges. A Cascadia ultra-HSR line, running at up to 250 mph, would take riders from Seattle to Portland or Vancouver (B.C.) in about an hour.

2024年12月20日 · Federal gov. approves $50 million to plan PNW high speed rail. Here’s what it means for WA. The northbound Amtrak Cascades train rolls across the Interstate 5 overpass in DuPont,...

2024年12月19日 · The states of Oregon and Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia have been studying a possible high-speed rail line to connect the metropolitan areas of the Cascadia megaregion, particularly Portland, Seattle, and …