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Service improvement program.

The department, in conjunction with local jurisdictions, shall coordinate as appropriate with the designated metropolitan planning organizations to develop a program for improving Amtrak passenger rail service. The program may include:

     (1) Determination of the appropriate level of Amtrak passenger rail service;

     (2) Implementation of higher train speeds for Amtrak passenger rail service, where safety considerations permit;

     (3) Recognition, in the state's long-range planning process, of potential higher speed intercity passenger rail service, while monitoring socioeconomic and technological conditions as indicators for higher speed systems; and

     (4) Identification of existing intercity rail rights-of-way which may be used for public transportation corridors in the future.

[1990 c 43 § 36.]

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Washington > Title-47 > 47-82 > 47-82-010

Service improvement program.

The department, in conjunction with local jurisdictions, shall coordinate as appropriate with the designated metropolitan planning organizations to develop a program for improving Amtrak passenger rail service. The program may include:

     (1) Determination of the appropriate level of Amtrak passenger rail service;

     (2) Implementation of higher train speeds for Amtrak passenger rail service, where safety considerations permit;

     (3) Recognition, in the state's long-range planning process, of potential higher speed intercity passenger rail service, while monitoring socioeconomic and technological conditions as indicators for higher speed systems; and

     (4) Identification of existing intercity rail rights-of-way which may be used for public transportation corridors in the future.

[1990 c 43 § 36.]

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Statutes > Washington > Title-47 > 47-82 > 47-82-010

Service improvement program.

The department, in conjunction with local jurisdictions, shall coordinate as appropriate with the designated metropolitan planning organizations to develop a program for improving Amtrak passenger rail service. The program may include:

     (1) Determination of the appropriate level of Amtrak passenger rail service;

     (2) Implementation of higher train speeds for Amtrak passenger rail service, where safety considerations permit;

     (3) Recognition, in the state's long-range planning process, of potential higher speed intercity passenger rail service, while monitoring socioeconomic and technological conditions as indicators for higher speed systems; and

     (4) Identification of existing intercity rail rights-of-way which may be used for public transportation corridors in the future.

[1990 c 43 § 36.]