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Train and transit ridership decline especially in COVID-19 era
A Portland-to-Seattle to Vancouver, BC high speed rail line took another small step forward last week.
Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia are studying how ultra-high-speed ground transportation might serve the Pacific Northwest. A 2018 study estimated capital costs for the project ranging from $24 billion to $42 billion in 2017 dollars.
Ultra-high speed ground transportation refers to technology such as high speed electrified rail, hyperloop, or magnetic levitation with a maximum operating speed of up to 250 miles per hour.
The report builds on previous state-sponsored studies that asserted there is “sufficient demand and a business case” for trains running at up to 250 miles per hour between Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia. A WSDOT 2017 report indicates between 2.8 million and 3.2 million annual riders in 2055, in their “primary corridor.” Fifty percent of that ridership was betwee