Pono ka Moku'āina o Wakinekona e hana i kahi loiloi ulia pōpilikia o ka ʻaelike ma waena o ka moku'āina ʻo ke Keʻena ʻOihana a me Amtrak ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o Amtrak Cascades 501 ma kahi kokoke i Dupont, WA, e like me ka Cascadia Center of Discovery Institute i kēia lā.
"ʻO Amtrak ka mea kūʻai aku i ka lawelawe kaʻaahi ma lalo o ka ʻaelike me Wakinekona a me Oregon, ʻoiai he nui ka poʻe i manaʻo hewa no Amtrak nā kaʻaahi," wahi a Bruce Agnew, ka luna o ka Institute's Cascadia Center. "ʻO ka manawa kēia e nānā i kēlā ʻaelike. ʻO kā mākou hopohopo helu ʻekahi he palekana. "
"ʻElua mau pōʻino ma Wakinekona State i loko o ʻeono mahina," wahi a Agnew, "e hōʻike ana i ka ʻōlelo aʻo ʻana o ka mahina i hala e ka luna o ka National Transportation Safety Board Robert Sumwalt, nāna i ʻōlelo ʻo 'Ke hāʻule nei ka moʻomeheu palekana Amtrak a ua manaʻo ʻia e hāʻule hou ...'” ʻōlelo ʻo Sumwalt. he ulia 2016 ma Pennsylvania i make i ʻelua mau limahana hana kaʻaahi. ʻO ka hāʻule ʻana ma ka mokuʻāina ʻo Wakinekona i kēia pule i make ai ʻekolu mau kaʻa.
Ua kāhea lōʻihi ʻo Cascadia Center o Discovery Institute no ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i nā ʻoihana hoʻokele ʻē aʻe, e like me ka poʻe e lawelawe ana i nā kaʻa kaʻa kaʻa waena ma Connecticut a me nā ʻōnaehana commuter like ʻole ma Kaleponi, Florida a me Texas.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Discovery Institute Board Chair Bruce Chapman, he lālā o ka Federal Amtrak Reform Council ma 2001, "E waiho ʻia ka pōʻino o kēia pule ma nā wāwae o Amtrak, ʻaʻole ka mokuʻāina. Akā pono ka moku'āina e lawe i ka pilikia o ka hoʻokele. "
"Pono ka loiloi ulia pōpilikia e nānā i nā pilikia o ka palekana, nā hana, ka lawelawe a me nā kumukūʻai o Amtrak ma ka Cascade Corridor," wahi a Agnew. "Eia kekahi, pono e kono ʻia nā mea hana ʻē aʻe."
