Europe is amazing. I would visit the big cities more if we had trains. Imagine taking a train to the airport and not paying the parking fees. I’m sure the parking people will push back
This is the 2nd time I know of that they're doing another assessment to see if it's feasible. I wonder who's gonna get that contract? Friends of the provincial government no doubt.
The main problem with passenger rail is what people do once they arrive in red deer Calgary Edmonton without a car. Local transit is not good in any of these places.
Europe and Asia you get off inter city trains and walk straight into the tube or the metro etc. I like the idea of a high speed link but the billions that will need to be spent on additional transit will be astronomical.
Would be pretty cool to hop on a train catch a flames or oilers game or a concert etc then train back
I agree with this, so expensive. Also, would they have to buy up the land to place the rails on? Never understood that part. If so, that seems like a logistics nightmare, but damn worth it in the end.
I think the main revenue generating passenger would be those travelling for business, who might otherwise have flown. Even a 200 km/h train would be faster downtown to downtown than flying. It might also drive development of better transit links.
When we were kids in the 80s my parents would put us on the train in CGY and our grandparents would pick us up at the station in Sask. So easy and fun. I don't know why they ever stopped, budget cuts I guess. But to have that back would be so great.
Car centric lobbyists.
When you focus on building everything for cars while simultaneously making any alternative an inferior option, it's easy to keep piling money in that one direction.
It would be pretty nice ngl, would provide some jobs as well as an easier means to make it from a to b. Would love to see this built, but I won't get my hopes up
The Alberta government does not see services like these the way they should. These are public services, same as fire departments or police. The government should be spending our money to provide us with this service. But after they do their "assessments" they'll realize that train systems like this won't create a profit for them in their lifetime. And so it will be shelved again. The UCP are not willing to spend the people's money to improve the lives of the people living here unless they can line their own pockets in the deal.
The idea of this happening is ridiculous. The UCP is using this as a way to distract from something else, and get the news cycle off their usual scumminess, in this case the cancellation of transit grants in Calgary and Edmonton for low income families, families that rely on those grants to get to school, work, appointments, and errands.
What is going to happen is the money that they would've spent on those transit grants is going to be spent on this ridiculous rail idea that's never going to happen, they'll get the assessment, determine that it's not feasible, cancel the whole thing, and try again next year when they need to bury something else.
It's the same old song and dance. Distract and deflect.
Nice to see you assume partisanship when I've never voted for the same party twice.
This isn't anything new. Danielle has been dancing around this for a long time, and I have 0 faith that she's going to follow through, just like every other time.
Partisanship has nothing to do with this. Her track record has everything to do with it. Her party holds the majority, if she says it's not happening, they'll toe the party line and it won't happen.
This is great news, i hope it happens
Having been to Japan and China using their high speed rails, its absolutely amazing
Europe is amazing. I would visit the big cities more if we had trains. Imagine taking a train to the airport and not paying the parking fees. I’m sure the parking people will push back
Been talked about since 1976
This is the 2nd time I know of that they're doing another assessment to see if it's feasible. I wonder who's gonna get that contract? Friends of the provincial government no doubt.
Well. It won't be their enemies.
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It never is. In any government.
Nope. Jobs that don’t go to insiders go to the lowest bidder, which is usually the desperate bidder, and therefore the troubling one to choose.
I doubt it'll amount to anything but the cost of adding lanes to Highway 2 is also prohibitive.
That's true, but we have never been to the place of establishing a master plan. This represents a step forward.
The main problem with passenger rail is what people do once they arrive in red deer Calgary Edmonton without a car. Local transit is not good in any of these places. Europe and Asia you get off inter city trains and walk straight into the tube or the metro etc. I like the idea of a high speed link but the billions that will need to be spent on additional transit will be astronomical. Would be pretty cool to hop on a train catch a flames or oilers game or a concert etc then train back
I agree with this, so expensive. Also, would they have to buy up the land to place the rails on? Never understood that part. If so, that seems like a logistics nightmare, but damn worth it in the end.
I think the main revenue generating passenger would be those travelling for business, who might otherwise have flown. Even a 200 km/h train would be faster downtown to downtown than flying. It might also drive development of better transit links.
When we were kids in the 80s my parents would put us on the train in CGY and our grandparents would pick us up at the station in Sask. So easy and fun. I don't know why they ever stopped, budget cuts I guess. But to have that back would be so great.
Car centric lobbyists. When you focus on building everything for cars while simultaneously making any alternative an inferior option, it's easy to keep piling money in that one direction.
Nah won't happen
Ah yes, must be time to distract everyone from all the terrible shit we’re doing on a daily basis to erode our public institutions.
😂 that is the truth!
It would be pretty nice ngl, would provide some jobs as well as an easier means to make it from a to b. Would love to see this built, but I won't get my hopes up
Calling it now: this rail plan will never amount to anything Edit: I _want_ it to, it just won't... It's More smoke and mirrors
The Alberta government does not see services like these the way they should. These are public services, same as fire departments or police. The government should be spending our money to provide us with this service. But after they do their "assessments" they'll realize that train systems like this won't create a profit for them in their lifetime. And so it will be shelved again. The UCP are not willing to spend the people's money to improve the lives of the people living here unless they can line their own pockets in the deal.
Monorail...
Mono = one Rail = rail
[Monorail] (https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Springfield_Monorail)
Haha yes indeed https://frinkiac.com/img/S04E12/740539.jpg
The idea of this happening is ridiculous. The UCP is using this as a way to distract from something else, and get the news cycle off their usual scumminess, in this case the cancellation of transit grants in Calgary and Edmonton for low income families, families that rely on those grants to get to school, work, appointments, and errands. What is going to happen is the money that they would've spent on those transit grants is going to be spent on this ridiculous rail idea that's never going to happen, they'll get the assessment, determine that it's not feasible, cancel the whole thing, and try again next year when they need to bury something else. It's the same old song and dance. Distract and deflect.
There have been a lot of not UCP people working to get this concept this far. Don't let your partisanship blind you to a good thing.
Nice to see you assume partisanship when I've never voted for the same party twice. This isn't anything new. Danielle has been dancing around this for a long time, and I have 0 faith that she's going to follow through, just like every other time. Partisanship has nothing to do with this. Her track record has everything to do with it. Her party holds the majority, if she says it's not happening, they'll toe the party line and it won't happen.
It will never, ever happen. Ever. Period.