Don’t forget India. It’s putting massive metros in all its major cities and connecting them with semi-high speed medium and long distance trains as well at a crazy pace. All indigenously built.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail_in_India?wprov...

https://themetrorailguy.com/metro-rail-projects-in-india/

Why can’t we also have nice things like this:

https://youtu.be/HACaRm2KP6Q?si=jVU5MuflfJsPKWN6

Often overlooked is the number of Latin American cities with large metro systems. It was a pleasant surprise when traveling there.

Similarly, Paris is building 200km+ of new fully automated, fully grade separated, mostly underground metro covering the Paris metro area, and using the opportunity for urban redevelopment as well:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Paris_Express

Nice, and much needed!

Yep, it's going to be amazingly useful when it comes out (first sections are scheduled for 2025, sadly too late for the 2024 Olympics) and a ton of very good developments are happening around the new stations.

TransLink (Vancouver, BC) has three SkyTrain expansion projects currently:

- https://www.translink.ca/plans-and-projects/projects/rapid-t...

- https://www.translink.ca/plans-and-projects/projects/rapid-t...

- https://www.translink.ca/plans-and-projects/projects/rapid-t...

Toronto will be opening 2 LRT lines this year/early next year. Works has also started on 1 new subway line, and a new subway extension. GO train expansion also continues with more service into and out of the city.

Montreal just opened the southern portion of the REM, a new automated train line, and work is well on its way to being done for the multiple branches it will have north of the currently open section.

Canadian cities (van, mtl, tor), despite not being “great”, do punch above their class in transit right now. (North America x population x wealth)

Nice! Send some of that love down south to your crazy neighbors :)