Hi all, I hope this is allowed here, I just have a few questions about why we are building this hsr. And your personal pros and cons. Thanks
Hello everyone. I like trains and travel constantly from Ottawa to Toronto, I would love to use this new train and would often. But im having a hard time understanding the reason why we are building it now.
I hear things like, emissions, economy, connectivity etc..
but from an economic perspective this seems not optimal especially with our deficits. 90b for something that alto thinks will bring in 100b over 40 years, that won't come close to covering costs. And I onow public transit always runs at a loss, I get that. But if this money was spent on money making projects that the crown could hold like rail and port infrastructure, that would boost our economy much higher $ for $.
Emissions, if i calculate emmisions savings by cost if project then it comes out to 1800$ per ton. Green energy projects across the country would be much cheaper to reduce emissions or better local transit.
Connectivity, I think it wins here but is it optimal, would better local public transit infrastructure spread throughout the country would help more people.
I just dont see the reason why this is important especially now during these trying times. It seems like alto isn't optimal and tackling the issues it hopes to fix. I get that us sexy and a big national (regional) project that will benefit generations but im not sure its better than alternatives. We dont have infinite money, should it not be spent more wisely?