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Re:What’s a Gadgetbahn? (2017) by antoineMoPa on Monday February 11, 2019 @08:04PM (#19140100)
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.
Re:What’s a Gadgetbahn? (2017) by Cthulhu_ on Tuesday February 12, 2019 @03:55AM (#19142052)
Next 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.

Re:What’s a Gadgetbahn? (2017) by gregsadetsky on Monday February 11, 2019 @10:26PM (#19140746)
I would love more & cheaper VIA Rail trains in Canada as well... Especially when so many train cars are running empty! 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/...

[1] https://www.lesoleil.com/actualite/un-collectif-pour-des-tra...