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I gave emusic a try and I am mixed on what I think of it. the indie aspect is cool, and the price is right. But when it comes to imports and singles there is not much of anything, and the quality of the files is certainly fine for an mp3 player, but less so if you want to appreciate the...

Not too steer the discussion too far away from HSR but I think that freight companies should actually be left in the hands of private operators. Now as far as track ownership goes, that is different, and I think all rail lines should be owned, maintained and managed by a government agency, much...

I use all the above sources. I often download via P2P to check out new groups, or sometimes to get albums that I haven't been able to get in a store or online. I use iTunes for albums I like that I either can't get on CD, or don't want to spend too much money on if they are rare or import...

^I should just clarify that I was referring to the regional rail plans in Ottawa, not the more local transit plans. But in that respect I agree with you, the old plan was terrible and I am glad to see it replaced by something much more logical and long term. The transit tunnel and service out to...

Even if HSR corridor service were announced tomorrow it would still take 5 - 7 years of planning before a single shovel would be in the ground. Though I think dealing with urban areas is more important now, with the amount of planning that is needed for intercity HSR connections that aspect of...

^In an indirect way this is part of an Ontario-Quebec HSR project. If a HSR project for the corridor were proposed tomorrow, a lot of these upgrades proposed would have to be done anyways to ensure that the trains did not lose a lot of time in the urban areas. And if for example a similar plan...

Overall this proposal is fairly reasonable and for the most part is more a collection and different interpretation of plans already being considered. Oshawa - Peterborough is really just a slightly different version of the plan for rail service to Peterborough which, as some articles...

Though I am an advocate for HSR in the Quebec-Windsor corridor I can admit that the one thing that most advocates fail to do, and is really to the detriment of HSR, is not be honest about a lot of the questions that still surround HSR in a North American context. Simply put, density matters, and...

^I don't think it is a good idea to subsidize a plant just for the purpose of building TGV train sets for the Q-W corridor. The cost of shipping train sets from overseas is probably not going to add that much to the total cost of each set. However, if suddenly the three most important...

^ I know most people are not going to agree with my position. It is understandable. But now what happens that this has made it this far? What will the airline or auto industries in the US have to say or do? How will the current economic challenges affect it? There are lots of things that could...

I think like a lot of things last night this is encouraging, and a step in the right direction, but hardly something to jump for joy about. In the end I still think that HSR will start to be planned and built in Canada before the US. Despite issues surrounding airlines, unmotivated governments...

^Exactly. The strength of HSR comes from the fact that it can offer fast service to the most convenient locations possible. Giving up a downtown location would not make sense. If you are going to build an HSR system, do it right. And on top of that there would be little to no gains in speed...

^Though I disagree with the idea of upgrading the corridor as a substitute (and I won't go on a point by point explanation since it isn't all that important) I think you have made a good point about political will to get a project off the ground. This is true. No one has really pushed the idea...

Probably quite a lot. An estimate is hard to come up with but considering a lot of the delays and problems are a result of freight traffic this would mean that too create the capacity for line to sustain speeds of 160 km/h you would have to add at least one track along almost the entire length...

No agency is free of politics, so the idea of putting in the hands of GO (or Metrolinx) as a way of 'rationalizing' the project is likely just to change the type of politics around it. In an ideal world projects would be weighed out according to specific criteria, evaluated for economic...

MisterF has it spot on. Political foolishness aside Peterborough should have a rail connection. Depending on the alignment this would also benefit communities along the way so this is something that would not just benefit Peterborough. If there are any positives to come from a Conservative win...

As long as the network is constructed properly you can offer any combination of services you desire. Any stations that are directly on the high speed line would have two additional tracks so trains not stopping at the station can bypass should another train be waiting there. A lot of towns could...

Exactly. In most cases smaller communities could be served by slower, but still relatively fast service feeding into larger stations (Sherbrooke into Montreal, Barrie into Toronto, etc). But since places like Trenton, Belleville, Brockville, Guelph, etc will lie so close to the line it would...

There is plenty to suggest that this would happen. Read the Lynx proposal, developed by private enterprises who suggest just that. The C.D. Howe institute wrote a report on high speed rail and said that it would certainly be profitable and recommended only serving the major centers and cutting...

Full out privatization makes sense, and would bring no benefits. Private companies would only be interested in operating the most profitable lines, so either VIA is left with low profit smaller communities and requires a huge subsidy to keep those lines open, or service just fades away. Having...