From: johnl@taugh.com   
      
   According to Peter T. Daniels :   
   >> If they can get their act together, it's a good candidate for high   
   >> speed rail. A lot of people drive or fly between Toronto, Montreal,   
   >> and Quebec. Outside of the cities it's quite rural and pretty flat so   
   >> building new high speed lines would not be hard.   
   >   
   >Windsor to Toronto would be nice, too. I got to drive from Ann Arbor   
   >to Toronto for an international meeting in 1990. (Couldn't have done   
   >it direct from Chicago.)   
      
   It's flat and rural, but it's a lot less busy than Toronto to   
   Montreal. If they do Toronto to Montreal, the extension to Quebec is   
   fairly short, under 250 km, and mandatory for political reasons. I'm a   
   litle surprised they aren't talking about Ottawa, but I suppse nobody   
   goes to Ottawa if they don't have to.   
      
   >My last visit to Canada was in 2000. They started requiring a passport   
   >after 9/11; I'd gotten my first one back in '92.   
      
   If you live in NY and don't have a passport, you can get an Enhanced   
   Driver's License for $30 which lets you travel overland to Canada.   
   I don't have one because for $50 I got a NEXUS card which is good   
   for air travel too.   
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