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Mathematician. Professional transport geek. Happy with life.
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@zrod10 @Acyn @MacFarlaneNews @CBSNews @MeidasTouch You are saying the Republicans faked hiding?

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@darkchemist29 @NoahWall Amtrak's trains aren't empty

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@NoahWall @SokchoChicken Freeways are subsidized from general taxation

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I will never understand how roads and highways can literally lose 10s of billions of dollars annually and no one would ever conclude that they “don’t have much of a use case”.

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@grablekelly05 @CaptMarkKelly No they don't

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@Yescurr @CaptMarkKelly And assets can be sold

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@CaptMarkKelly Social security is inflation adjusted. Share prices (401k) adjust for inflation. Who are these non-wealthy seniors on fixed incomes?

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@ExtremeCen80240 @NewsInContext1 1) Pickering Airport isn't happening. The govt is disposing of the land.
2) long-distance flights from YYZ depend on short flights to feed them
3) there is land available to the north for a new runway.

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@jasonconsorti @supziez @NJGov Are large stations currently common? Or is it mostly small stations?

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@ExtremeCen80240 @NewsInContext1 And everyone hates having multiple airports, connecting travellers doubly so.

The other option is to expand YYZ. You know, the existing major airport that isn't in a residential area. Heathrow did in far more constrained circumstances!

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@Tony4_America @AFpost LOL, you really think one third of your country is illegal immigrants? Normal people don't think that.

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@jasonconsorti @supziez @NJGov Why can't they compete as self-service stations? Same location, slightly cheaper gas - why would anyone switch?

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@supziez @NJGov Err, it's not communist. It's just regulation of private business.

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@ExtremeCen80240 @NewsInContext1 Err, the federal government is literally consulting on what to do with the lands: https://t.co/Aa0npPfHwB - and "airport" is not an option.
It's dead. It is ex-airport.

And no-one wants duplicate airports.

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@ExtremeCen80240 @ColinDMello Fair enough - but remember most people don't use Uber for trips to the airport.

We don't need to waste taxpayer money trying to duplicate an existing international airport.

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@mike_vanveen @ColinDMello To be clear: the TPA looks after the Island Airport; the board of TPA is one-third City, Province, Federal govt... but Ford wants to take the City's seats.

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@NewsInContext1 @ExtremeCen80240 Pickering airport is dead. It's not happening. The federal government is disposing of the land.

Pearson can handle more passengers.

We don't need to waste money on duplicate airports.

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@ExtremeCen80240 @NewsInContext1 Pearson doesn't need more runways. The airlines need to operate larger planes - which they will do if demand increases.
Pearson Airport is saying they can handle more passengers - why don't you believe them??

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@ExtremeCen80240 @NewsInContext1 Average plane size at Pearson is small - can accommodate waaaay more passengers if that increases to industry averages. They also have less flights than some other twin-airport runways

Pickering airport isn't happening. It's been cancelled. They are disposing of the land.

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@ExtremeCen80240 @NewsInContext1 @foolishyangban We don't need another big airport in the GTA. Pearson has ample capacity - many twin-runway airports have more flights and more passengers.

Pearson blatantly doesn't have the same infrastructure airport as when Toronto had 2m people!