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Originally Posted by Leb_Rebel  Why would you build a train in a country that is covered in hills and mountains???Outside Lebanon, most railways are built on plains(correct me if I'm mistaken)
Personally think it is a waste of time. We don't have that big of a country, and any train network on the coastline will involve destroying residential areas and/or significant efforts to bypass them.
Reorganizing the road network to accommodate the increasing traffic and making it acceptable while investing in efficient and respectable public transportation is the way to go.And I believe this is much cheaper. |
Where do you wanna build new roads? The road from Sassine Square to Hotel Dieu, the one from Sassine Square to Sodeco Square and further to Basta and to the Mat7af, the highway from Antelias to Beirut and further South.... all are packed every day, whether you drive early in the morning, at noon, in the evening or until after midnight...
There's no room to reorganize the roads, to build new one, or to do anything to improve the current situation, other than building a public transportation network.
With an efficient transportation network, not only will people get to their destination quicker and with less stress, but industrial and commercial goods will be transported to the different areas in Lebanon and abroad without having to deal with all the traffic!
And don't forget all the job opportunities that would be created! Directly, because of the constructions and the management and drivers that would be hired, but also indirectly: faster transports attract business and industry. The Bekaa would no longer be a forgotten plateau. Industries could settle and benefit from the transport network, but also invest in it!
And you're wrong. You think Swiss people travel only by car? Even the Himalayas have trains!
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