Is Alberta finally doing it? [A Rail Plan] - RMTransit
Is Alberta finally doing it? [A Rail Plan] - RMTransit
Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/rmtransit-how-to-build-highspeed-rail-in-alberta Alberta recently announced a huge province wide rail plan, so in our latest video we ta...
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Every time I bring up transit/rail here, everyone gets so pessimistic about it. Having the option to take rail is so underrated and I don't think anyone really understands the potential. The excuse usually is "no one will use it" and "no one wants to pay for that, where will the funding come from? My taxes".
We won't know until we actually try. To me there is no point to ask "what if?" And then snuff things out in protest. I really want to see some change to public transport and something like this could be the start.
I find rail more comfortable than bus and it is cheaper to run at high frequency. The main downside is flexibility (you basically need to close the route to fix the tracks, or if something is blocking them) but overall I find it much better, especially with grade separation.
It's hard to advocate for because everybody would ideally want to go from planning right to completion and success in 2 years, but large scale infrastructure plans don't happen like that. I think we are catching on slowly, though.