Bloated v Reasonable
Rail Transit Costs
A problem in BC is that people associate rail transit with the extremely costly Skytrain and Broadway subway projects.
We should look at the success of places like France, Spain, Finland, Waterloo, and some surface rail transit in the US, where many projects are built inexpensively, and reasonably quickly.
By Louis Guilbault, of Victoria BC. I have no financial connection to any rail manufacturer or consultant. Please contact regarding errors or omissions.
For more background on General Motors’ and others’ roles in destroying electric railways in the US, see Taken for a Ride, an informative 1996 PBS production, on youtube.