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[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sure but we have massive transit issues to sort out before it becomes commonplace. Our cities at least on the prairies are to sprawled out.

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

They are unfortunately; it's the same in Ottawa which is currently planning to add more lanes to HW 417.

This announcement from the government needs to come with a heavy financial commitment to transit which I didn't see promised in the article. We need high speed rail between cities and we need more commuter/inner city rail inside our cities if we want to get people off the highways.

Unfortunately all the federal government has promised so far for the Windsor -> Québec corridor is "high frequency rail" which is not going to incentivise people to take the train.