Funded By
- The Rockefeller Foundation
- Cascadia Center of the Discovery Institute
- Talgo
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Oct 2011
in America 2050
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Jul 2010
A High-Speed Rail Vision for the Pacific Northwest
The workshop aimed to answer the following questions:
To understand the opportunities and implications of high-speed rail in Cascadia, the group will test a high-speed rail scenario in Cascadia against the land use and station area development scenarios, economic strategies, and transportation connections required to optimize high-speed rail investment. The high-speed rail scenario will be evaluated in the context of a “Cascadia Megaregion Planning Framework,” generated by assembling the regional plans and growth strategies of the major and medium-size cities along the corridor, including plans for natural resource protection and land preservation. To answer the questions above, participants will divide into three working groups:
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