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Originally Posted by begratto
You also need to look at the Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) ; some of the drivers would prefer to take a fast train if it was available.
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"Some drivers" isn't enough to justify what would be a multi-billion dollar investment. Alberta is at the point where there's substantial amounts of buses, cars and airplanes going here between Calgary and Edmonton that the core system has a decent business case, and everything else is composed of cheaper extensions (which still may not happen).
A basic gravity of model is a good ROME of potential ridership. And having two cities of well over a million around 300 km apart has some potential. By comparison, two cities of less than 300k over 260 km apart will have a small fraction of the ridership potential.
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Originally Posted by YOWetal
The point of this kind or rail link is to replace car trips not people taking the bus. Though Calgary Edmonton and even on to Fort Mac seems like the best non served option.
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I wasn't talking about Alberta. The CalEd corridor is clearly underserved.