Amtrak's march ridership between Eugene and Portland just hit it's highest ever - the people want more trains! Moving

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It doesn’t need to be high speed. Just need a second set of tracks.

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u/Moarbrains May 02 '24

That would be an intermediate option, but I still really want a mag-lev monorail

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u/HankScorpio82 May 02 '24

A colossal waste of money, considering the distance.

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u/Moarbrains May 02 '24

Just a dream, like a second set of tracks, but mine is better.

Whole west coast, then one to ny from LA.

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u/HankScorpio82 May 02 '24

Also, the lack of population density to support such a project.

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u/Moarbrains May 02 '24

That only applies to local transit, not city to city.

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u/HankScorpio82 May 03 '24

Portland to Eugene is local transit.

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u/Moarbrains May 03 '24

Just incidental on the way north or south. Same reason we get decent bands, but are not really a destination.

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u/HankScorpio82 May 03 '24

Decent venues get interurban trains. Not high speed. Check back when the Eug/Spr metro area is 1 million.

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u/Moarbrains May 03 '24

Eugene is not a destination, but a whistle stop on the way between bigger cities.

And if you can't grok a high speed emissionless train between Seattle and San Diego, then I just don't think there is much to say to you.

You can talk economics, pop density, or any of the loser rhetoric we use to not feel so bad about being surpassed in this realm by most of the world. But it is just loser talk.

I prefer to just take it straight, we don't have it because the people with money would rather spend it on bs wars and consolidation of the worlds productive capacity. Evidenced by even the things that we used to take pride in, are falling into disrepair.