Transit Fantasies

[officedweller]

This belongs in the HSR thread... but
Given the route and destinations of the HSR, it makes no sense for the HSR to go to YVR.
Passengers flying in to YVR are not going to take an HSR train to Seattle or Portland.
HSR passengers from Seattle and Portland are not going to fly out of YVR.
It's not the same as in Europe where the trains act as a distributor system from an airport.
There will be no local distribution via the HSR around Vancouver - just one line to Seattle and Portland.
(and an HSR is not intended for a local one stop from YVR to Downtown Vancouver).
The HSR should stop in Downtown Vancouver or a close enough SkyTrain or Canada Line station to access Downtown Vancouver easily (Pacific Central probably fits the bill).

The express buses from Bridgeport Station serve the BC Ferries well, as do the express buses to Horseshoe Bay.