Trudeau pitches high-speed rail, putting surprising new decarbonization options on the table
Trudeau pitches high-speed rail, putting surprising new decarbonization options on the table
" countries in the Anglosphere experience the highest costs for building transit due to overbuilding and overdesigning".
Too true ... Look at HS2, they didn't need to aim for 400km/h, now they can't afford to finish it.
So - hope Canada can do better.
Maybe Sweden is a better example to study in this case ?
High top speeds isn't the reason that HS2 is costing so much, there's a lot of overbuilding of things like tunnelling under rural areas to keep certain voters happy. Also, the UK absolutely can afford to finish it, it's a political choice not to.
“Privatizing passenger rail between Canada’s biggest cities puts the profits of the Liberals’ corporate friends ahead of affordable transportation for Canadians,” he said. “While the private model has been shown to drive up costs and cause project delays, we want to see high-speed rail built publicly, for the public good.”
I think this part is very true.
I remain doubtful, however I hope this pitch will lead to spades in the ground.