micheal_can
Senior Member
Totally, not even last mile, but with driving, the stopping for gas, food, bathrooms etc. Google Maps says "5:09" from Toronto to Montreal, but i've never been able to ever make that time. Don't even talk to me about when its the long weekend... 8h+
And then people look at their flight ticket and go "Oh only 1:30h to Montreal, WOW!" and neglect how it took them 3h to get to and from the airports, baggage, security, etc.
its like my friend who coudlnt figure out why he was always 15% over his financial spending budgets.... he never included sales tax!
People are willfully ignorant with things like this.
When HFR is built VIA should do an ad campaign with a split screen and someone taking the train, and the other screen taking a plane/car and all the headache that endures; getting through security, getting to the airport, traffic on the road, getting stuck in bad weather, stopping to eat, etc and the person on the train just chilling.
What they really should have is a race with politicians taking different modes. Show how long each method really takes.