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I don't care what gets built, but the province really needs more trains. "The market is too small", people tell me. But then I see all the cars on the highway b
by antoineMoPa 8y ago
I don't care what gets built, but the province really needs more trains. "The market is too small", people tell me. But then I see all the cars on the highway between Montreal and Sherbrooke and I'm pretty sure there is enough people there to fill a train every 1-2 hour. What the current prime minister really wants is just more room for cars (see "3e lien") . The "much more modern things" (than trains) are probably just a way to keep us thinking & talking while not building train lines for another 3 years.
- gregsadetsky 8y agoI would love more & cheaper VIA Rail trains in Canada as well... Especially when so many train cars are running empty! https://emptytrains.com/ https://emptytrains.com/ (petition started about a year ago). It was in the news (all articles/videos in French) [0][1]. [0] https://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere/emissions/medium-large/segments/entrevue/71920/discussion-train-transport-canada https://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere/emissions/medium-large/... [1] https://www.lesoleil.com/actualite/un-collectif-pour-des-trains-plus-aimables-5f46095f420abfcc57a2144be9690a74 https://www.lesoleil.com/actualite/un-collectif-pour-des-tra...
- Cthulhu_ 8y agoNext to a train line you'll need a lot of more fine-grained transport though - like buses - to get people from train stations to their final destination. In addition it needs to be as expensive (or cheap) as driving, and not take any more time. I used to live somewhere / have a commute where the time difference between public transit and driving was negligible. Nowadays I live somewhere much nicer, but I drive to work; the drive is 15-20 minutes, public transit would take me an hour. There is some traffic issues from time to time, but even with traffic it's faster than public transit.