Cascadia

This article, published by The Seattle Times, quotes the Cascadia Center of Discovery Institute: The Cascadia Center for Regional Development, affiliated with the free-market think-tank Discovery Institute, wrote to the Port Commission on Monday that tearing out BNSF’s existing rails to make way for a hiking and biking trail “is a luxury we believe this region … cannot afford” The Read More ›

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEATTLE, Wash. The Cascadia Center for Regional Development applauded the announcement from British Columbia Transport Minister Kevin Falcon to provide $4.5 million in provincial funding for an infrastructure project that will bring a second daily Amtrak passenger train between Seattle and Vancouver (see attached release). Since 1994, when former Congressman Al Swift’s leadership helped renew passenger rail Read More ›

This article, published by The Seattle Times, quotes Discovery Institute Fellow Bruce Agnew: “Hopefully, we can get up to four trains by 2012,” said Bruce Agnew of the Seattle-based Discovery Institute’s Cascadia Center, a longtime advocate for regional rail connections. The rest of the article can be found here. (scroll down for article)

This article, published by The Vancouver Sun, quotes Discovery Institute Fellow Bruce Agnew: A Vancouver-Seattle Olympics could give Cascadia a renewed buzz, says Bruce Agnew, director of the Seattle-based Discovery Institute’s Cascadia Center. The rest of the article can be found here.

This article, published by The Seattle Times, mentions Discovery Institute Fellow Bruce Agnew: Bruce Agnew of Cascadia describes it as a low-impact commuter car that can run on biodiesel and be maintained by diesel mechanics from community colleges. The rest of the article can be found here.

Contact: Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Steve Marshall The President needs a sequel to his State of the Union address on energy issues. Although he set a goal to reduce the use of gasoline by 20% in ten years, he can do more and do it faster. What is needed is an Executive Order to jumpstart a technology that would dramatically Read More ›

Alan Mulally, Ford’s new CEO, helped lead Boeing into a new world of carbon-fiber, fuel-efficient technology with the 787 Dreamliner. In an intensely competitive global marketplace, Boeing is back on top again in sales over Airbus, which is struggling to catch up with Boeing’s fuel-efficient technologies. Mulally now faces a similar global fuel-efficiency race in the even more competitive auto Read More ›

This article, published by The Seattle Times, mentions Discovery Institute’s Cascadia Center: Two committee members —— Snohomish City Councilman Larry Countryman and Thomas Till, a director of Discovery Institute’s Cascadia Center —— voted against the trail-only option on the corridor in King County. The rest of the article can be found here.

This article, published by The Portland Tribune, mentions Discovery Institute’s Cascadia Center: The conference was organized by the Cascadia Center of the Discovery Institute, a Seattle-based transportation planning think tank. The rest of the article can be found here.

This article, published by Seattle PI, mentions Discovery Institute’ Cascadia Center: The Discovery Institute’s Cascadia Center arranged the gathering to give city, county and state politicians, transportation officials and private-sector entrepreneurs a first-hand look at San Francisco’s expanding water transit system. The rest of the article can be found here.