Recent content by YZT580

General Comment. welcome to the world of chat. Don't we all do this? All sides of this argument are valid. Yes we could benefit from an HSR and yes there are areas in transportation that should be addressed. And yes there are places where the money could be better spent. Everyone uses...

I can identify 90 billion to balance the loss (HSR):ROFLMAO: Seriously though, Carney has a difficult choice. He can keep spending or he can cut costs to enable us to spend. Which one would do the most for the most Canadians and buy him the most votes at the same time? His predecessor...

your thoughts bear repetition. With our distances and terrain deasil probably makes sense, at least for a little while but having a single engine pulling dozens of trailers makes far more sense than having one engine per trailer.

so that makes it OK? It is an elite showy project which will not benefit the average Canadian. Perhaps if they were looking at Edmonton to Calgary as an initial project I could be more on side. That would be worthwhile.

I knew that one would show up. Is it ok to draw another red line?

no it isn't and it is that attitude towards tax dollars that has created the mess this country is in now. Want to see where we are headed? Look at Great Britain. No longer great and can't even put a single frigate to sea

no it didn't. That is the result of 50 years of left leaning government buying off its voters

that is correct actually. What happened to the construction of the TMX was just a foretaste of the opposition any new line will receive along with attendant inflation of costs because of lawsuits, delays, re-routes and the like. You have a PM who as recently as 24 months ago was adamant...

Sarcasm ill becomes you. Please name a government project of any nature in the last several decades that has come in on time and at budget. How about that pipeline? From what 8 billion to 33 billion? We have been given a rough guess for a quote without any supporting figures. There is no...

so here are some figures: California HS estimated to cost 33 Bill. in 2008 now estimated at 126 Billion American and rising. Initial segment Merced to Bakersfield supposed to be complete by 2033. so far no track has been laid. Those two cities have a total population of 503,000. System to be...

no argument with any of this. That is why a dedicated ROW was needed for the Turbo and is needed now for VIA for those 10 million potential customers that are being shut out. An HS rail system would be wonderful AFTER we solve the other.

The Turbo could have done the same if it had ever had the right of way to do so and that was what 30 years ago. I don't think anyone is arguing that we couldn't use an improved i.e. dedicated ROW train system. What most people are objecting to is the exclusiveness of the service. The GTA has...

I appreciate the hint

from the last salesman I had, quite possibly :D

Yet when overseas friends have ridden VIA1 from OW they have been universal in their admiration for the service and the food. Riders of ICE have never had it so good