Many regional HSR supporters care about speed a lot. Some want to encourage long-distance commuting*. Others simply want to get to the next city in less time. I'd certainly go to Vancouver or Portland more often if the trip took half the time. They also favor separate ROW to permanently end the congestion problem.
That said, give me reliable, frequent 125, 90, or even 79 mph service between the three main downtowns (plus Tacoma, as the PS region is very linear) and I'd be reasonably happy.
*The long-distance commuting idea is tied to a premise I disagree with, that our cities can't handle growth long-term and therefore we need satellite cities. I think we can handle massive growth (over a lifetime) via second-generation redevelopment with higher densities. We're all far down this path already.
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