Oh, we've moved on from killing trains to killing the bus. Cheap air travel forced Greyhound to shut down across most of Western Canada some years ago.
Funny thing, the bus is the most carbon-minimal way to travel, air the most carbon-intensive.
But, honestly, both the train and the bus take 12 solid hours at max speed to cross British Columbia, three more days from Calgary to Toronto. Or half a day by air, that includes all the airport time.
East of the 100th meridian (where the Great Plains begin), you can reach a lot more people per hour of ground travel. West of it, ground travel is a hard sell.
Yes, I was in Saskatoon last year and heard how rural bus service had been killed by the provincial government. I think there should be hi-speed train service between Calgary and Edmonton, and definitely between Vancouver-Seattle-Portland and beyond. I agree the geography and sheer breadth of Canada makes it a challenge; but Quebec-City to Windsor would serve 50% of the nation''s population.
Oh, we've moved on from killing trains to killing the bus. Cheap air travel forced Greyhound to shut down across most of Western Canada some years ago.
Funny thing, the bus is the most carbon-minimal way to travel, air the most carbon-intensive.
But, honestly, both the train and the bus take 12 solid hours at max speed to cross British Columbia, three more days from Calgary to Toronto. Or half a day by air, that includes all the airport time.
East of the 100th meridian (where the Great Plains begin), you can reach a lot more people per hour of ground travel. West of it, ground travel is a hard sell.
Yes, I was in Saskatoon last year and heard how rural bus service had been killed by the provincial government. I think there should be hi-speed train service between Calgary and Edmonton, and definitely between Vancouver-Seattle-Portland and beyond. I agree the geography and sheer breadth of Canada makes it a challenge; but Quebec-City to Windsor would serve 50% of the nation''s population.