@infobeautiful there's a show called Race Across the World (similar to The Amazing Race but much less about competition, more about character, budget and the joy of travel).

One series was Canada coast-to-coast and the country came across really well. Except that this rich country had almost no public transport.

The other countries on the show, aside from Mongolia (where roads weren't a given!) most routes had bus or train connections. Canada was basically all hitchhiking and ride-shares!

@infobeautiful wow… if they have the rails on the ground, it is pity not to use them as much as possible

the line exists. the schedule exists. they've agreed not to discuss this.

@infobeautiful I kind of understand why america doesn't have bullet trains (they went full retard: never go full retard). But how the hell Canada doesn't have a Quebec-Montreal-Toronto bullet train line??