High speed rail for I-5 corridor receives big stimulus push
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The money is from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The funds will be used to improve the rail lines between Portland and Seattle. The bulk of the money, $590 million, will go to Washington state for projects related to high-speed rail. Another $8 million will go to Portland, Oregon for improvements at the city's Union Station.
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-4383-Portland-Progressive-Examiner~y2010m1d29...
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24French
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bout time we got a bullet train. Speed!
- 3 years ago
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24French
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artemis6
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Me too , Yeamea , or imagine 7 hour from Seattle to New York . Rails would be much less expensive to keep up than roads as well . Not to mention it would be WORLDS safer than any other form of transport .
- 3 years ago
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artemis6
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Yaemea
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super cool, but eventually I'm hoping for a train that goes all the way down the west coast.
- 3 years ago
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Yaemea
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ZeldaMasterZapp
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This is a cool push towards the future, because I really feel that America is a little boring in infrastructure right now, this is something we needed for a while and I'm glad Obama is pushing for it. Looks real cool and modern by the way.
- 3 years ago
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ZeldaMasterZapp
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DailyDestin
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what videos or photos that you made that gets on tv what are they
- 3 years ago
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DailyDestin
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BKsaysAction
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They really need to get a move on the one for souther california if there ever was a place that needed a decent rail system it's this parking lot.
- 3 years ago
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BKsaysAction
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JonRaymond
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Stimulus here. Stimulus there. A little bit of stimulus everywhere. And yet he still has no balls.
- 3 years ago
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JonRaymond
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trueforyou
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JonRaymond:
"chumpChange" really, eh raymond?
- 3 years ago
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trueforyou
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JonRaymond
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JonRaymond:
His balls? Yeah.
- 3 years ago
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JonRaymond
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randallr01
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I'm so excited to see the high-speed rail come to fruition!
- 3 years ago
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randallr01
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artemis6
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuSrLvCVoVk&feature=related here is the real one ! enjoy !
- 3 years ago
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artemis6
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artemis6
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeS_U9qFg7Y Maglev is the future . 581 km an hour will make air travel hard pressed to compete . Very few oil products .
- 3 years ago
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artemis6
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JonRaymond
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artemis6:
What? You mean no more striptease for airport security? Say it ain't so.
- 3 years ago
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JonRaymond
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CalPal
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artemis6:
Gotta watch out when those terrorists hijack those trains... never know where they might end up!
- 3 years ago
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CalPal
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artemis6
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I wish we could get one from Seattle to New York . Trains are the future . If there is to be any civilization in it ....
- 3 years ago
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artemis6
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Guyatthebusstation
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artemis6:
i agree.
Besides people movers, I wouldn't mind seeing magnet freight trains and nuclear generators. but that would be a half-full century project and who know the innovations we will have in the next decade.
- 3 years ago
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Guyatthebusstation
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device80
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nice, I live in Tampa and Obama was just here on wed. talking about the light rail...it's about time
- 3 years ago
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device80
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current89
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This is an awesome project, here's an interactive map posted by the White House
- 3 years ago
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current89
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Chique
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current89:
This is a good start and a great idea. Each of these projects will require supplies, parts, equipment and professionals to complete. Perhaps people moving to these areas to work that will in turn increase spending and new development that is badly needed. Not to mention the community pride and involvement that will lift spirits and erase some of the negativity and restore a little faith in our future.
- 3 years ago
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Chique
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boiscalm
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A good step in the right direction.
- 3 years ago
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boiscalm
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RaceBannon
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cool, but not good enough.
- 3 years ago
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RaceBannon
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good_stuff
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Great, spread it so thin that it only keeps up with maintenance. Surely that is what we need.
- 3 years ago
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good_stuff
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Guyatthebusstation
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like wise, i've use the light rail as a pub crawling mechanism before and it was awesome.
Anyone from seattle knows this will be a necessity in a few decades. The roads are so fucked up here.
- 3 years ago
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Guyatthebusstation
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Varex_Sythe
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I'd ride it if it came by me.
- 3 years ago
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Varex_Sythe
