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.

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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)
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"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
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"Streetcar at Lake Union Park"
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"West Coast Express commuter train at Waterfront station in Downtown Vancouver. June 2019."
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"King County / Elliot Bay water taxi and downtown Seattle."
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"Seattle monorail train near the northern terminus."
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"Two Sounder trainsets at Tukwila station"
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"A Kinkisharyo-Mitsui light rail vehicle on Central Link approaching SeaTac/Airport station. The airport's control tower is seen in the background."
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"A double-decker Sound Transit Express bus on Route 513, seen at Mountlake Terrace Transit Center's freeway median stops."
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"2014 New Flyer XT40 on King County Metro route 36"
by Sounderbruce
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"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
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"A northbound Amtrak Cascades train arriving at Vancouver station in August 2021"
by David Wilson
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'"Burrard Beaver SeaBus" crossing Burrard Inlet.'
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"Mark I train on the Expo Line in New Westminster, British Columbia."
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"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."
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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

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