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Originally Posted by swimmer_spe
The provincial government hasn't done it, has it? What about someone wanting to go from, say Moose Jaw to Calgary? The service is not just for a local, but for those going there.
Now, before you respond with something, do you take public transit? Do you own a personal vehicle?
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This isn't relevant and I shouldn't answer your red herring, but yes I have a personal vehicle. I occasionally take transit, but it isn't convenient for where I work. The important thing is I highly support public transit spending, I just only support
good spending. I don't support arbitrarily only supporting rail transit where it doesn't make sense or is not cost effective.
If the government is to support transit to Moose Jaw, again, subsidizing a bus would be the better option. Given limited resources, for the same money a bus could provide faster, more frequent, more reliable services. Why would you want service that is less frequent, less reliable and slower?
No, Alberta isn't building any passenger rail. But if we made it a political priority, we would be in a fine place to build it. VIA has to beg for funding so can only focus on HFR, and we'll have to wait for that to be running before they even think about us.