Comments on: Canadian Liberals Hope to Find Electoral Success in Support for High-Speed Rail http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/09/01/canadian-liberals-hope-to-find-electoral-success-in-support-for-high-speed-rail/ Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:02:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Adam http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/09/01/canadian-liberals-hope-to-find-electoral-success-in-support-for-high-speed-rail/#comment-5950 Adam Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:37:13 +0000 http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/?p=3759#comment-5950 I agree with Nathanael's point 3 especially. You can sell HSR in BC by proposing to pony up funds to make it a HSR link to Seattle. They already have the amtrak service and the added train for the olympics. But $1-2 bn or so towards it and be done with it. I agree with Nathanael’s point 3 especially. You can sell HSR in BC by proposing to pony up funds to make it a HSR link to Seattle. They already have the amtrak service and the added train for the olympics. But $1-2 bn or so towards it and be done with it.

]]> By: Nathanael http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/09/01/canadian-liberals-hope-to-find-electoral-success-in-support-for-high-speed-rail/#comment-5916 Nathanael Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:20:09 +0000 http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/?p=3759#comment-5916 (1) Windsor (opposite Detroit)-Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal-Quebec City HSR is a no-brainer for a good idea. (2) Edmonton-Calgary is a lot better than you'd expect it to be. Look at Canada's demographics and you'll see why: Calgary's a million people and Edmonton's a million people, and that's 2/3 of the province's population. (3) British Columbia should focus on getting a high-speed link to Seattle. The Washington State government is all for it, but the Canadians have been quite uninterested. (4) Nobody to speak of lives in the Territories. Not suitable for rail except incidentally. Saskatchewan and Manitoba and the Maritime Provinces are thinly populated and not really suitable. Perhaps they could get better conventional-speed rail, which the Maritime Provinces mostly lost and *could* use? (1) Windsor (opposite Detroit)-Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal-Quebec City HSR is a no-brainer for a good idea.
(2) Edmonton-Calgary is a lot better than you’d expect it to be. Look at Canada’s demographics and you’ll see why: Calgary’s a million people and Edmonton’s a million people, and that’s 2/3 of the province’s population.
(3) British Columbia should focus on getting a high-speed link to Seattle. The Washington State government is all for it, but the Canadians have been quite uninterested.
(4) Nobody to speak of lives in the Territories. Not suitable for rail except incidentally. Saskatchewan and Manitoba and the Maritime Provinces are thinly populated and not really suitable. Perhaps they could get better conventional-speed rail, which the Maritime Provinces mostly lost and *could* use?

]]> By: Leo Petr http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/09/01/canadian-liberals-hope-to-find-electoral-success-in-support-for-high-speed-rail/#comment-5880 Leo Petr Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:16:09 +0000 http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/?p=3759#comment-5880 Unpopular compared to whom? 33% support isn't exactly a majority, but it's good enough given the largest opposition party at 32% and an opportune distribution of voters. One hopes Ignatieff has ten points worth of tricks under his sleeve if he is to unseat Harper. Unpopular compared to whom? 33% support isn’t exactly a majority, but it’s good enough given the largest opposition party at 32% and an opportune distribution of voters. One hopes Ignatieff has ten points worth of tricks under his sleeve if he is to unseat Harper.

]]> By: Yonah Freemark http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/09/01/canadian-liberals-hope-to-find-electoral-success-in-support-for-high-speed-rail/#comment-5854 Yonah Freemark Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:03:55 +0000 http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/?p=3759#comment-5854 Looks like it was a good day to post on this subject! Looks like it was a good day to post on this subject!

]]> By: Alon Levy http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/09/01/canadian-liberals-hope-to-find-electoral-success-in-support-for-high-speed-rail/#comment-5845 Alon Levy Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:28:50 +0000 http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/?p=3759#comment-5845 I think the point is that there may be hope of a government that's not batshit insane. Harper believes that global warming is a myth. I think the point is that there may be hope of a government that’s not batshit insane. Harper believes that global warming is a myth.

]]> By: Allan http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/09/01/canadian-liberals-hope-to-find-electoral-success-in-support-for-high-speed-rail/#comment-5844 Allan Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:20:08 +0000 http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/?p=3759#comment-5844 FYI - The Conservative government may fall as soon as October 2009. The Liberals are pursuing a confidence vote in early October to trigger an election as early as November. There may be hope for HSR sooner rather than later. FYI – The Conservative government may fall as soon as October 2009. The Liberals are pursuing a confidence vote in early October to trigger an election as early as November. There may be hope for HSR sooner rather than later.

]]> By: Denis Agar http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/2009/09/01/canadian-liberals-hope-to-find-electoral-success-in-support-for-high-speed-rail/#comment-5843 Denis Agar Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:19:36 +0000 http://www.thetransportpolitic.com/?p=3759#comment-5843 Hey Yonah, just a few corrections - it looks like we'll be having an election in a month or two; according to Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff; as announced this afternoon. http://www.thestar.com/article/689296 Also, the not insignificant Green Party based a large part of their election platform on building rail infrastructure last election. The leader did a coast-to-coast tour by train to prove how dedicated she was to the idea. Hey Yonah, just a few corrections – it looks like we’ll be having an election in a month or two; according to Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff; as announced this afternoon.

http://www.thestar.com/article/689296

Also, the not insignificant Green Party based a large part of their election platform on building rail infrastructure last election. The leader did a coast-to-coast tour by train to prove how dedicated she was to the idea.

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