#EU citizen?
Hate #airports and airport expansion?
Sign this petition to connect Europe's #capitals with high-speed #rail.
European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) on high-speed rail (#HSR)
"Under European law, the European Commission is obliged to commit to our goal to connect #Europe’s capitals through #HighSpeedRail if we collect at least 1,000,000 signatures of EU-citizens."
This #HighSpeedRail initiative needs to collect one million signatures by May 2024.
Sign, then share with your family and friends!
Track the progress here:
https://europa.eu/citizens-initiative/initiatives/details/2023/000004_en
#Rail travel is cool for so many reasons:
1. #Fastest way to travel
2. #Connecting regions
3. Economic growth and #prosperity
4. Most #sustainable
5. Relieve #airports
6. Less #congested roads
7. Most #comfortable
Find out how:
https://www.connect-capitals-hsr.eu/
Why we need high speed rail NOW:
"The explosion in #AirTraffic is mainly linked to #leisure flights, with the rise in recent decades of low-cost airlines serving more and more European destinations at extremely low prices.
Environmental associations recommend putting an end to tax breaks for air travel.
Developing the #rail network is the other lever put forward by# climate advocates."
EDIT: European citizens please sign petition ^^
#aviation #emissions #HSR
https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/06/12/air-traffic-is-booming-again-and-environment-activists-arent-happy
Opening THIS YEAR:
#Brussels to #Berlin via #Amsterdam with European Sleeper (not a high-speed train tho).
Coming in 2024:
#Paris to Berlin with #TGV
Want to see more high-speed routes? Sign the petition connecting European capitals with high speed rail, at the top of this thread.
I was starting to draft a reply about US coal, steel, and railroad barons in the 19th century but then the article said this:
"Even in the most hideously corrupt corners of the Gilded Age United States, Canada was still known as the land where graft reigned supreme."
Oof.
And of course in the 20th century it's the oil barons that pushed rail travel into an obscure corner.
On the ground, only ferry boats are safer than rail.
https://turbli.com/blog/the-safest-transport-modes-ranked-by-statistics-from-10-years-of-data/
I think you will find that similar EU data comes to the same conclusion.
Commuter planes: 10 passengers or fewer, commercial plants: more than 10 (see the text under the graph).
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