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#ElectricCars produce twice as much #CO2 as #trains, says #rail group data | #RailIndustry | The Guardian
#MassTransit is preferable to individual transport.
The Overground lines have names now!
Of interest to those who like in the Greater London UK area and those of us who have a weird interest in transportation history
Canada is a country that was founded on a railroad, but today I can only wish we had a viable passenger rail service like other countries do. Unfortunately we are moving in the opposite direction. I don't know why the Liberal government wants to destroy Via Rail, but apparently they do. If you are a fellow Canadian, please help push back against a terrible little known decision and join me in signing this petition https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4717 #Canada #rail
Well this was a little surprise! I took a walk down what will eventually become our new #bike path parallel to the new #train track under construction in #Ottawa. Most of the bike path will be a grade of fine gravel called "stone dust", but I got down south a bit and found it paved with 75 mm (3 in) thick asphalt and also 5.5 m (18 ft) wide! I think this is intended as a train emergency evacuation route to bring in a bus, as there is a turnaround here, too, plus an opening in the rail line fence. It will make a nice 500 m (1600 ft) of bike path though! It should all be open in the spring of 2024, we hope.
One of on light #rail stations. It seems to be close to finished. The other shot is the #bike path that will connect it.
The #architecture is all neo-futurist.
Some photos from a little #bike trip today that @Kathryn Barr and I did. This shows some light #rail and the associated #biking #infrastructure under #construction, including a paved bike path and a #bicycle road crossing that looks like it will have lights eventually. It is all getting built, just very, very slowly. The latest date for completion is April 2024, which will put it almost two years late.
