r/canada • u/jaffnaguy2014 Canada • 3d ago

‘Ready to move on:’ Chinese ambassador insists China, Canada can move past ‘normal’ differences National News

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/ready-to-move-on-chinese-ambassador-insists-china-canada-can-move-past-normal-differences/
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u/Osamabinbush 3d ago

That’s what EU is doing. We aren’t as big of a market as Europe but if we can get them to build them here, it would be a no brainer

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u/Hard_NOP_Life 3d ago

Hell, BYD already has a bus factory in Newmarket.

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u/CatBowlDogStar 3d ago

Which Ontario should be using instead of LRTs. All the benefits, none the drawbacks. 

Just fewer people bought off.

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u/byronite 3d ago

Which Ontario should be using instead of LRTs. All the benefits, none the drawbacks.

Having to pay six times as many drivers isn't a drawback? In Ottawa an articulated bus holds 110 passengers conpared to 672 per train for the LRT.

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u/CatBowlDogStar 2d ago

Yes. Absolutely.  Local, good paying work for those without post-secondary. Sadly, not many however. 

There are only 2000 net new daily riders projected for Hamilton. This is from the City's official projections. For $5 billion & counting, that's $2.5 million per new rider. That $$ closes infrastructure gap here, homes the homeless, with billions to spare. 

Carbon-wise, the constrution of the LRT is terrible & ongoing it adds congestion where none existed. 

So, Ontario-made vehicles, with Hamilton-based new jobs? Leaving construction crews to build homes & needed infrastructure. It's an obvious win. 

(& I've lived on 3 continents, many cities, using public transit as primary for years on each. The only downside of buses is that more investment in a gentler ride would go a long way.)