Bob Scarfo, an associate professor with Washington State University’s Interdisciplinary Design Institute, and his landscape architecture students explore the benefits of re-introducing passenger rail between Spokane and the Pullman/Moscow area in response to shifting global trends, particularly associated with energy, water and climate change.

Presentations shown during the poster session of the symposium are accessed through links on the map below. (Hover over a station to reveal a document.)

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“Powering the Palouse” poster presentations:

:: Spokane’s University District
:: Spokane’s intermodal center
:: Railway crossing renovations
:: Concepts for Rosalia
:: Restoring the Hub of the Palouse – Oakesdale
:: Spokane to Garfield
:: Powering the Palouse
:: Pullman railroad renovation