This editorial worries that Obama’s plan doesn’t cut it and pushes for the real thing.

Nice to see Eugene to Vancouver on the map.

Earl is suggesting that even with current funding challenges, Oregon and Washington should set aside some funds to serve as a match to get a share of the $8B in high speed rail funding in the stimulus bill. I nominate shifting all Columbia River Crossing funding to this effort…

One of the late additions to the stimulus bill was the inclusion of $8B for high speed rail, and item that was voted into a top position on the transition team’s public web site. Assuming this doesn’t all get consumed in the NE Corridor (I think there is actually a provision capping the percentage that…

Passed on by a reader… Apparently all the necessary capital improvements have been made to add an additional daily train between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., but the Canadian Border Service is holding things up. Let’s hope they sort this out before the Olympics…