By Adam Duvernay, The Register-Guard; August 28, 2019
Eugene may one day be the tail end of a Pacific Northwest-wide high speed rail line, but until then finding a better system for sharing the tracks hopefully will get more people riding trains.
For local government leaders, correcting inconsistent train service from Eugene to Portland — about 73% of those Amtrak Cascades trains run on time — will require improving privately owned tracks and making Amtrak trains faster. But at the same time the state continues to invest in early planning for a Cascadia high speed rail line.