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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(138,507 posts) Wed Jun 17, 2026, 03:04 PM 3 hrs ago

Canada's $6BN Railway U-Turn

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Canada's $6BN Railway U-Turn (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 3 hrs ago OP

The most important point is made at the end - who gets the biggest part of the financial benefit Wonder Why 44 min ago #1

Wonder Why

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1. The most important point is made at the end - who gets the biggest part of the financial benefit

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Wed Jun 17, 2026, 06:16 PM

44 min ago

and that's why government needs to do what private industry does - get the land around the stations before the system is laid out so the public gains the profits of the land value increase and offsets the cost of the development.

Unfortunately, in the US, that will never happen. Brightline did it but government doesn't know how to make it work when politicians make decisions and voters have to approve it.

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