Canada is great at high-speed rail studies — but not at actually building high-speed rail. So why is it the only country in the developed world considering a new conventional-speed passenger network?
Created by Paige Saunders with special guest Reece Martin
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By law passenger rail does get priority.
It’s just that the fee is so small that it’s worth giving priority to freight.
There’s a US law that passenger trains get priority, but that’s rarely enforced. In Canada, there’s no such law.