• regul [any]
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    1 month ago

    God what I wouldn't give to bury MAX through downtown.

    • g_g [they/them]
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      1 month ago

      i say this at least once a week. "just put the train under the ground". i've been told it can't be done in portland because the ground is saturated with water but... the trains in montreal and nyc are underground and those are islands?? idk i'm not a train doctor i just wish they were underground sicko-wistful

      • regul [any]
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        1 month ago

        There's no geological reason it can't be done, just a financial one.

      • HexBroke [any, comrade/them]
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        1 month ago

        Washington Park is the only completely underground station in the MAX system. At 260 feet (79 m) below ground, it is the deepest transit station in North America and in the western hemisphere. It is also the seventh-deepest in the world.