Protests have started against Alto, the low-emission, electric-powered high-speed rail project between #Quebec City and #Toronto.
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...but the media is foregrounding farmers, and Conservative politicians, who want to derail the project.
The same has happened in #California, where litigious landowners have stalled high-speed rail, causing costs to skyrocket.
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...but the media is foregrounding farmers, and Conservative politicians, who want to derail the project.
The same has happened in #California, where litigious landowners have stalled high-speed rail, causing costs to skyrocket.
If you look back, every high-speed project, from Japan's original bullet train to #France's TGV, faced NIMBY protesters. (Winemakers claimed railway vibrations would wreck their grands crus!)
It's all part of the process of building ambitious infrastructure.
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If you look back, every high-speed project, from Japan's original bullet train to #France's TGV, faced NIMBY protesters. (Winemakers claimed railway vibrations would wreck their grands crus!)
It's all part of the process of building ambitious infrastructure.
The alternative to fast railways is more runways and highwaysβthe most polluting forms of inter-city transport.
I take a look at the history of opposition to railways, going back to England in the 1830s, in this HIGH SPEED newsletter:
Not in My Back Forty!
Every Transport Project Worth Building Faced Protests. Canada's Alto High-Speed Rail Line is No Exception.
High Speed (www.highspeed.blog)
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...but the media is foregrounding farmers, and Conservative politicians, who want to derail the project.
The same has happened in #California, where litigious landowners have stalled high-speed rail, causing costs to skyrocket.
@straphanger Not too surprising. If Canada's anything like the US your farmers are pretty wealthy and a lot of the media definitely likes platforming the rich.
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