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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

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.