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Old 12-05-2018, 10:55 AM   #700
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Originally Posted by frinkprof View Post
-You mentioned High Speed Rail to Banff. Honestly, the only high speed rail corridors that will ever make sense in Canada are Quebec City to Windsor and Calgary to Edmonton. Rail to Banff is a good idea, but it need not be (super) high speed rail for the traffic it will see and the distance it will cover. Rail to Banff, a return of Via rail, and commuter rail to the satellite communities can do with agreements and upgrades to the current surface heavy rail corridors. Land for station locations in Edmonton and Calgary and some right of way has been purchased by the Province of Alberta for a high speed rail line.
If HSR isn't viable, I wouldn't mind either a dedicated autonomous car lane on the QEII (covered, maintained to maximize sensor safety), or possible adding the Boring Company's high-speed tunnel technology applied at ground level (moving cars on "skates" on a track; this is "Loop" technology, not "Hyperloop").
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