http://thegoodhuman.com/2010/12/27/high-speed-rail-to-be-our-generations-legacy/ Sustainability, Environment, Progressive Politics, Peak Oil, Going Green. Wed, 16 May 2012 21:16:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thegoodhuman.com/2010/12/27/high-speed-rail-to-be-our-generations-legacy/#comment-6745 Sustainable PF Tue, 28 Dec 2010 01:32:13 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=3033#comment-6745 North America is so far behind in high speed rail. Part of the issue, at least in Canada, is the infrastructure is deprecated and needs massive upgrades. I don't remember the last time I saw a rail line being updated. Also, the terrain in Canada (and the US for that matter) introduces a lot of challenges. In Canada we have mountains in the Maritimes, then 2 flat-ish provinces, then the Canadian shield to get past the Great Lakes, then praries, then the Rocky Mountains in western Alberta and BC. North America is so far behind in high speed rail. Part of the issue, at least in Canada, is the infrastructure is deprecated and needs massive upgrades. I don’t remember the last time I saw a rail line being updated. Also, the terrain in Canada (and the US for that matter) introduces a lot of challenges. In Canada we have mountains in the Maritimes, then 2 flat-ish provinces, then the Canadian shield to get past the Great Lakes, then praries, then the Rocky Mountains in western Alberta and BC.

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