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Old 05-23-2014, 07:03 AM   #260
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Originally Posted by Ahuch View Post
Pretty pointless if you need a car once you get to either Calgary or Edmonton. Make transit useful in the major centers first.
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That's basically the crux of the entire project. Access and egress to and from the train stations kills the economics of these projects. If Calgary and Edmonton were more dense and by virtue of that had better transit then a HSR would likely make sense. But there's no point once you get downtown with no car. That will severely undercut the ridership potential and make the payback for the HSR untenable.
It's settled then, get Car2Go up and running in YEG.

Or could they do like the Chunnel trains and have some vehicle cars, so you have your vehicle upon arrival.
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