As a Eugenian, I was looking for this in the article. I guess it’s a potential future extension.
It would be awesome to have high speed rail to Eugene, and I think it’d be the cheapest part to build given the terrain. But I’m not sure a metro population around half a million could serve as a terminal stop.
I think it would work. I guess anyone who needs more services could get off in Portland. What they’re looking at in CO would go from a town of about 300,000 (Fort Collins) to an area of about 150,000 (Pueblo), with Denver and Colorado Springs in between.
It wouldn’t be a great terminal stop, but there are worse ones. I also feel like this route would probably try to bake in commuter rail improvements along the route, so an extension to Eugene isn’t that farfetched.
As a Eugenian, I was looking for this in the article. I guess it’s a potential future extension.
It would be awesome to have high speed rail to Eugene, and I think it’d be the cheapest part to build given the terrain. But I’m not sure a metro population around half a million could serve as a terminal stop.
I think it would work. I guess anyone who needs more services could get off in Portland. What they’re looking at in CO would go from a town of about 300,000 (Fort Collins) to an area of about 150,000 (Pueblo), with Denver and Colorado Springs in between.
It wouldn’t be a great terminal stop, but there are worse ones. I also feel like this route would probably try to bake in commuter rail improvements along the route, so an extension to Eugene isn’t that farfetched.