Well Rick Mercer's fantastic video clip about Canada being a leader in high speed rail studies made me think. Exactly how many Ontario - Quebec high speed rail studies have been done? Here is the list that we have come up. Feel free to add your comments at the bottom identify the studies we have missed. 1. 1970 - Inter-City Passenger Transport Study - Canadian Transport Commission 2. 1980 - Alternative to Air: A Feasibility Concept for the Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal Corridor  - Canadian Institute of Guided Ground Transportation on behalfd of the Transportation Centre of Transport Canada. 3. 1984 - High Speed Passenger Rail in Canada, VIA Rail Canada 4. 1989 - Review of Passenger Rail Transportation in Canada, VIA Rail Canada, 5. 1989 - Pre-feasibility Study of High Speed Rail Services in the Quebec-Montreal- Ottawa/Hull-Toronto Corridor, Bombardier 6. 1990 - Sprintor, Pre-feasibility Study, Windsor-Quebec Rail Corridor, ABB Canada Inc. 7. 1991 - Ontario/Quebec Rapid

Great video with this news story from Channel News/Asia about East Japan Railway and the unbelievable safety record of the Shinkansen. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/near-flawless-safety/1563202.html