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Lawmakers announce high-speed rail to link Portland, Seattle, Vancouver, BC (www.kptv.com)
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U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) joined Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), and Representatives Rick Larsen (D, WA-02), Derek Kilmer (D, WA-06), Marilyn Strickland (D, WA-10), Adam Smith (D, WA-09), Suzan DelBene (D, WA-01), and Pramila Jayapal (D, WA-07) released a joint statement to announce that the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has awarded $49.7 million for planning work for the proposed Cascadia High-Speed Rail project, which would link the Pacific Northwest’s major population centers, including Vancouver, B.C., Seattle, and Portland, with regular train service running at up to 250 mph.

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[–] kalkulat@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

they had ZERO HSR in 2007 and now have the largest network in the world

Thanks to all the cheesy clothing, electro-toy-baubles, and solar panets we were buying from them.