"Canada Shouldn’t Build High-Speed Rail" - an interesting discussion of #ViaAlto #HSR mistakes so far:

wrong structure ("a murderer’s row of external partners, rather than well-staffed in-house agency")

wrong people ("almost no transport experience... none in passenger rail")

wrong process ("extensive consultation & negotiation... project will become mired in procedural gridlock")

wrong timing (jumping from car to HSR, without building up rail network first)

https://open.substack.com/pub/changinglanesnewsletter/p/canada-shouldnt-build-high-speed?r=bqtf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email