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Originally Posted by FireFly
And if I live way in the South, it takes me an hour to get to the airport, vs a half hour downtown. More convenient for some, less for others. Such is the way of the world as it is. Ever try to get to the airport via transit? That's a nightmare. But it sure is fairly easy to get downtown via transit... in both cities.
$30? That's wicked! My friend and I are going to Edmonton in her 2004 Honda Civic and it'll take just over a tank of gas... which cost her $54 dollars to fill yesterday. WTH are you driving that it only takes $30?
It doesn't make sense to you. I live downtown, it would take me 10 minutes to get to the train station via transit. If I go to the airport, it takes over an hour due to the poor transit scheduling to the airport. Not to mention the headache of going through airport security. So while it may be more convenient for you, there are 1 million people in this city... I'm sure some of them would prefer the train. Like those who currently take the 3+ hour bus ride to Edmonton. Or those would drive it, but would rather not, and would also rather not take the bus. Or any number of people.
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Edmonton is 300 Kms so a Honda Civic will burn about 20 litres of gas each way. That's just over $20 each way.
If you live in the south you can take the outside to get to Hwy 2. You don't have to go thru downtown.
I would like to see how many people take the bus to edmonton. Something tells me that each run would be a huge loss for the train.
Look, you like the idea and that's great, but you can't deny the fact that this project would be losing tons of cash each year. We just don't have enough reasons to leave the car in the garage and take the train. We are just two small-ish cities in a land of cheap cars.