In Building Transit Projects, Canada Should Aim for Practicality Not Grandiosity

In Building Transit Projects, Canada Should Aim for Practicality Not Grandiosity
A worker is seen on a construction site for a light rail train station being built in Ottawa on Jan. 13, 2016. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
John Robson
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As a general rule, if you see a shiny new transit megaproject approaching your town, you should get into a private automobile and drive slowly away. But Canadians should hit the gas hard, because even in a world where politicians and contractors manage to overestimate benefits and underestimate costs with uncanny precision, we are overachievers.

John Robson
John Robson
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John Robson is a documentary filmmaker, National Post columnist, senior fellow at the Aristotle Foundation, contributing editor to the Dorchester Review, and executive director of the Climate Discussion Nexus. His most recent documentary is “The Environment: A True Story.”
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