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Small wonder bus travel is coming back. These new buses and services aren't your Grampa's Greyhound. They are new, comfortable, offer all the amenities of many rail services, and don't suffer from VIA's unreliability. Many of the better services offer reclining leather seats, a complimentary...

That maybe true but that still won't come even remotely close to $12 billion. IF the line becomes a true HSR corridor with speeds up to 300 km/hr then I think it would be money well spent. That, however, is not the plan but rather a side comment from a politician and we all know how...

Sorry to disappoint you but................. I get that reliability is important, what I don't get is why they are electrifying the line and how in hell it's going to cost $12 billion. If VIA is not really concerned about increasing the speed then yes they will have to straighten out some of...

^^^ This is absolutely true. The reason no one in Canada is excited about HFR is that it is a non -accomplishment. All it will do {after the billions spent} is bring back the service levels, reliability, and speed that Canadians enjoyed 40 years ago. I remember taking VIA from Toronto to London...

There are several advantages of having this new line not being under the control of VIA: 1} If there is private money on the line, that means the damn thing will actually come in on-time and on-budget as any overrun costs would be born by the private company so you don't end up with a money pit...

The Windsor to Woodstock section would actually be both cheap and very easy to construct IF Ottawa grabs a pair and puts CN & CP in their place. VIA already owns the entire section from Windsor to Chatham and east of Chatham there are 2 direct lines to London and both run north of the 401. One...

Yes, Brightline is very much a real estate development rail corridor but the primary question is .........who cares? Already Brightline has passed Amtrac ridership along its corridor and the damn thing isn't even open to Orlando yet. The travelling public doesn't give a damn about it being...

Brampton ZUM is an excellent example of how people are far more concerned about frequency of service than they are about flashy new infrastructure. York has spent a small fortune on its BRT with little resulting increase in ridership because the service levels aren't there as opposed to...

I NEVER said that any of this is VIA's fault. As I stated, VIA was doomed from its inception because the task it was given was an impossible one. VIA was not created by forward thinking governments trying to create a vibrant passenger rail service but rather a plan written on the back of a...

The only hope Canadians have for good passenger rail is for VIA to completely shut down and then sell it to the highest bidder. VIA has never had a hope and it was doomed to fail from word go and it's about time we acknowledged this reality. VIA is slow, unreliable, expensive...

We have been discussing this decarbonizing issue for ever and clearly, I am a strong supporter of hydrogen and if you think that is lunacy that's fine and we can respectfully agree to disagree. The issue is that you continually rake me over the coals for my belief that hydrogen is our best...

KeithZ....................I DO know the difference between zero emissions and net-zero. The problem with your logic of saying that VIA shouldn't have to become zero emissions by 2050, is that then everyone will start to say the same and Canada will hardly reduce its emissions at all. If VIA...

I completely agree that baby steps are better than doing nothing. VIA's new purchase of these Tier 4 trains is an excellent example of that. VIA and Ottawa should be commended for purchasing them. They are a great leap forward and I never said, nor even implied, that they weren't. Personally, I...

It is YOU that doesn't understand the goals. Yes, net-zero is a national goal but will be impossible to reach unless our transportation systems {which is a huge GHG emitter} meets that goal. As for "talking about cutting VIA's emissions when auto and air emissions in the Corridor are cut...

I don't know if it will be hydrogen but I'm all ears on what you think VIA will do. How do YOU propose VIA gets to net-zero?

These new trains really do seem excellent which is a refreshing change for VIA. It will be interesting to see how VIA & Ottawa transition these trains over to zero emissions in the next 20 years because catenary is not something Ottawa has any intention of doing. 2050 is just around the corner...

^^ True and hence all the more reason to do it.

I think a bigger priority would be to extend Finch further south to connect it with the new Woodbine GO station.

I think one of the big issues for ML is getting rid of the grade crossings. While it may not be a big issue on the outer areas of the service ie on the way to Barrie or Kitchener, for the RER {or whatever the hell they are calling it now} it will become a necessity. Right now, the increases...

I think Toronto is probably the only place on the planet that offers free covered parking at it's transit stations. There should be a minimum $2/day flat rate for ANY of the parking at a GO station so that you don't have surface parking lots packed while the expensive garages are empty. This...