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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tejek who wrote (85203)	11/10/2010 12:45:16 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Take Ill.'s share; be my guest. Build it down to Eugene. Washington to get $590 million for high-speed rail improvements The federal government will spend $590 million in stimulus money to improve high-speed rail in Western Washington. By Mike Lindblom Seattle Times transportation reporter Federal Railroad Administration high-speed passenger rail The federal government will spend $590 million in stimulus money to improve rail travel times from Blaine to Portland. The money represents the Northwest's piece of an $8 billion stimulus package for high-speed rail, to be announced Thursday in Florida by President Obama. Only two-thirds of passenger trains run on time on the 3 ½-hour trip between Seattle and Portland, and the state is trying to boost that number to 90 percent. A series of small projects throughout Western Washington — some but not all of which the stimulus money would pay for — would save an estimated 833 hours of delays annually, according to the state. Ridership peaked in 2008 with 775,000 riders. "Anybody who travels the I-5 corridor in our state knows that we need to find new, efficient options to get commuters and commerce moving. And anybody interested in boosting our state's economy knows that now is a great time to take action," said a statement from Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash seattletimes.nwsource.com