Cascadia

While I was in China, I blogged about why the US is not going to get Chinese-style high speed rail. Now the Chinese Academy of Sciences is saying that maybe China shouldn’t get it either: The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) reported to the State Council recently, urging the large-scale high-speed railway construction projects in China to be re-evaluated. The Read More ›

This article, published by The Province, quotes Discovery Institute Fellow Bruce Agnew: On Friday, centre policy director Bruce Agnew hailed the resolution of the customs issue as “a great victory” because, if it hadn’t been settled, the political momentum for higher-speed trains would have been lost. The rest of the article can be found here.

This article, published by Crosscut, mentions Discovery Institute Fellow Bruce Agnew: Those sharing the elation over the news included Bruce Agnew, director of the Cascadia Center, a Seattle transportation-policy institute. The rest of the article can be found here.

For Immediate Release 10/15/2010 Official Statement on the Second Train to Vancouver: Bruce Agnew, director, Cascadia Center for Regional Development “Cascadia Center supports the Canadian government’s decision to pay the border fee costs needed to keep a second Amtrak Cascades train running between Seattle and Vancouver. This represents an important victory for the region and for passenger rail. We congratulate Read More ›

This article, published by Seattle PI, quotes Discovery Institute Fellow Bruce Agnew: There’s been an ongoing push for Seattle-Kingston ferry service for some time, and “it’s going to be interesting to see if the Kingston (service) can make it. It’s a pretty slimmed-down, homegrown operation,” said Bruce Agnew, director of the Cascadia Center for Regional Development and a big foot-ferry Read More ›

This article, published by KGMI, contains a quote from an interview with Discovery Institute Fellow Bruce Agnew: “Back in 2005, there was a similar study that indicated that additional commuter-type service between Everett and Bellingham was feasible to connect to the Sounder commuter train in Everett and supplement the Amtrak Cascades service between Seattle and Vancouver,” said Bruce Agnew with Read More ›

This article, published by The Statesman Journal, mentions Discovery Institute Fellow Bruce Agnew: There will be three speakers and several panelists. Among them are Bruce Agnew, from the Cascadia Center for Regional Development at the Discovery Institute in Seattle; … The rest of the article can be found here.