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Originally Posted by wingmaker
Look, you want to argue that you don't want to spend the money on this infrastructure, that is your prerogative. But you have supported that stance with points and facts that are wrong, flat out inaccurate. I am not interested in debating when you do not have the facts. You are doing quick google searches and making huge assumptions to support what you think is true. You clearly do not have an understanding of how people visit the parks and what they do when they are there. That is fine, but please don't pretend like you do know when you clearly don't.
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Then present the facts that you believe are correct and representative. What % of the 4 million visits are currently made by bus that are not part of a bus tour. What % of visitors visit without vehicles and don't have a packaged tour? I am quite happy to change my position if this number is significant and could support train service. And I don't even want you to have a source for these numbers. Numbers that you feel are representitive based on your experience are fine.
When you talk about these options Banff have to get people places it makes me think you have never visited any of the Big Us national parks for what a working public transit system in the park is. You need it to work on the scale of Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Zion, and Glacier to truly solve the bottlenecks. The current options are an improvement on what was there but certainly aren't of the required scale to make carless a palatable option for most visitors. Again if you have facts to dispute that carless would be a practical option for a large portion of visitors I am happy to change my mind.
Just saying that I am wrong and am an idiot is you providing what the "Facts" are.