
Go Fast to Go Slow
In a May 2023 article, Chris Selley made the case that high-speed rail would be a boondoggle. In his article he cited a study by David...

Genuinely Great Geography
If Canada gets serious about high-speed rail, the impediment won’t be the topography There seems to be this belief going around that...

The Importance of Cost Control
If I had an hour to talk about high-speed rail in Canada, I would spend the first 50 minutes talking about cost control. This is not...

How High-Speed Rail Could be Exo-llent for Montreal
The realization of high-speed rail between Toronto and Quebec City would greatly improve mobility in each of the population centres it...

Functioning with Freight Rail
Straight lines = good. Curve lines = bad. If high-speed rail could be summed up into one line, it would be this. The biggest challenge...

No-Brainer or White Elephant - What is the Future for HSR in Canada?
In July 2015, something unusual happened: an Olympic Games were awarded. That is not unusual, in fact, it happens every 2 years. What was...







