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Originally Posted by HOZ
No one killed but I am certain there will a few people wanting China's High Speed Rail CEO's shot, hung , drawn, quartered and then shot again.
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Not too surprising. Big massive government projects like these, any where, tend to be White Elephants. As much as China's economy has been booming, the people who would tend to use this are still far too scarce and with competition from low rate air travel.....ouch.
As much as some people would want high speed rail in Alberta. There is no way it would work. |
while i can't comment on the situation in china, i don't agree with the statement that high speed rail wouldn't work in alberta.
in the company that i work for alone, we spend so much time and money going between calgary and edmonton that a downtown station in each city would change travel for us. i have to believe it is the same for many other companies as well.
if there was any way that i could cut down on the 3 hour commute between each city, that is 6 to 7 hours to do a day trip, i would seriously look at it.
now, whether or not the infrastructure could ever be put in place...that is a different conversation altogether. just because some guy in another country managed to swindle money shouldn't be a determining factor in whether or not a high speed rail link would work in Alberta.