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NEW Bombardier JETTRAIN Promo Video Found

Well for fans of Bombardier's 2002 JetTrain what a day it is. When it was introduced Bombardier had a promo video just under 4 minutes made. When they pulled the plus on the project, the website and video disappeared. We are very very happy to have found it and loaded in on our High Speed Rail Canada Youtube Channel . Enjoy the magic of the JetTrain.

High Speed Rail Canada New Google Drive File Sharing

We know many of you have requested an easier way to access all the previous Canadian high speed rail studies. Well we have listened. Now all 27 previous Canadian reports and polls are available on our Google Drive page. We know the there are many people (0ver 3,000 a month) that access our site and the Studies tab is the most popular. So enjoy this easy new file sharing system. We do ask that you credit us as the source of the information. Here is the link to this page. http://www.highspeedrailcanada.com/p/all-canadian-hsr-studies.html

Japan’s Bullet Train - Turns 50 years Old!

Half a century ago, Japan built the world’s first high-speed rail network — a network that remains the gold standard in train travel today. In this week’s Forefront, Next City examines how that country is now helping Texas build its own bullet train, a potential game-changer for transportation in the Lone Star State. When it launched on October 1, 1964, the world’s first high-speed rail network was known as yume no chotokkyu — literally, the “super-express of dreams.” The first line in Japan’s now world-famous shinkansen network, which would come to be known as the “bullet train,” was built against all odds, in the face of fierce public opposition, technical difficulties and astronomical costs. The $80 million loan secured from the World Bank for construction and engineering barely covered expenses, and the head of the project, Shinji Sogō, resigned amid the scandal of an out-of-control budget. People called the team who worked on the project “the crazy gang.” READ THE REST OF THE A

Scandinavian Tourists 'Horrified' By Canada's Car Culture

Two Scandinavian tourists are honking their horns at Canadian car culture after a recent trip left them “horrified” by the sight of sprawling freeways and “unfulfilled communities.” They were so unimpressed by the country’s apparent display of excessive car-serving infrastructure, they penned an open letter to Canadians and politicians urging “radical steps” to “make Canada a healthy, happy and sustainable country.” English-born Holly Chabowski and her Danish girlfriend were “horrified to see great oceans of car parks deserting the landscape and 12 lane high ways, rammed packed with huge SUVs, with people going nowhere” during their five-week vacation – visiting cities including Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City, Ottawa, and Halifax. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/08/04/danish-tourists-canada-car-culture_n_5649374.html