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Originally Posted by DoubleF
In some places in Asia, you build more cities and connect them via high speed rail. Imagine living in Cochrane, Okotoks, Chestermere, Airdrie etc. and getting from your station to Calgary station in 10-20 minutes because it's an uninterrupted high speed rail going 150-200 kmph... and technically that's a slow train. Imagine Canmore being 30 minutes away via train but more like 45 minutes door to door. There are options to avoid ultra densification of an urban environment.
I wonder if high speed rails into Vancouver or Toronto could help alleviate those pricing issues. It would allow for building denser in other areas that can still service the main hubs.
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If the basic goal of increased immigration is so the government can have a larger tax base
just to keep the lights on, I'm not sure if spending 100s of billions on nationwide high speed rail connectivity is in the cards.