Rachel Brindle@younata@hachyderm.io
Looked up flights and trains from Portland to Seattle on a random weekday a couple months from now.
Trains: 7. 6 cascades (~3.5 hour duration), 1 coast starlight (~4 hour duration).
Flights: 20+. At least 1 an hour on Alaskan alone. Flight duration: 1 hour.
Ugh, we need faster, more frequent trains. These cities are ~150 miles between the stations. That’s basically the sweet spot for fast, frequent trains to dominate travel. The fact that Amtrak is running 7 daily trains between these 2 cities already shows that demand exists.