ICE Man Cometh Wrote:
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> Re: More Musings On Cascadia HSR
> Author: which leads to...
> Date: 07-03-2025 - 09:06
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> Reality Wrote:
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> > Dan Wrote:
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> > > Seeing the cars stacked up at the Blaine
> > crossing point reinforces how nice it is to
> > > take the train.
> >
> > Imagine how much faster the I-5 auto crossing
> > would be, if you were required to submit all
> your
> > identification information two weeks in advance
> of
> > your crossing. Yeah, that's why the train is
> > faster - they ALREADY have your information
> > (Amtrak gave it to them). Just like at an
> airpor,
> > they know you're there. In a car, they don't,
> so
> > they have to run everything through the
> computer
> > right then and there. On the train, they know
> who
> > they want to pull off the train long before the
> > train got to the border.
>
> So if the Border people on I-5 wanted to speed
> things up, they would set up By Reservation Only
> lanes where you are pre-checked and issued a time
> block for arrival. That would require spending
> some money, possibly on an extra lane, though, so
> life will go on as-is.
>
> Of course, my last experience crossing the border
> there was for Expo 86, and the total delay back
> then was less than getting through the GGB toll
> plaza. Biggest delay on that trip was coming home,
> when we were stuck on the dock in Port Angeles for
> the better part of an hour behind somebody that
> was required to empty the car for, effectively, a
> strip search. Oh well, didn't delay the boat; it
> simply unloaded everybody to the dock, loaded up
> the returning traffic, and left.
>
> Well, as this topic drifts off into random posts
> about supposed fears and speculation over the
> border, folks may just want to look at this:
>
> FAST Border Crossing requirements and applications


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