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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
Pipedreams perhaps, but if ever this province is going to get out of this nasty rut of us relying on cars and bigass trucks to get us around, a first step has to be taken. First steps are hard, uncomfortable even, but they still have to be done. Has there ever been an announcement for a rail plan like this in Alberta's history? I'm not sure. I know that in my lifetime I'd like to see some kind of rail network in Alberta. If Europeans can do it, why can't we?
Could be a disaster in the making, or it could work out, who knows. If it fails, we still have our cars and bigass trucks to fall back on  |
Seems pretty obvious to me. Size and population.
One example for reference:
France size: 551,695 kmē
Alberta size: 661,848 kmē
France population: 67.97 million
Alberta population: 4.371 million