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I would think that the cheaper station thing is most true when you're actually running the line down a road and effectively upgrading...

Which is basically what we've achieved here, minus the 7 Ave stretch. I'll never understand the reluctance/outright opposition to using...

High-Floor LRT is great if used in the right context. It's equivalent to a Dollar Store metro system.

Let's not get down on this guys too too much. Look at the great reviews they have. I'd say they're incredible as always with the...

In the competition to replace the Toronto streetcars, bids were offered more points for a 100% low floor design. The aesthetic...

IMO HFLRT is the optimal compromise for mid-size cities that may never have a metro, but want to strive for efficient transit operation...

For elevated, Not sure if the stations would be any smaller, probably just less vertical distance, overall size probably not...

I'll also say that the lower platform height allows for not only a smaller ramp, but things like sidewalks/bus loops connecting directly...

The Green Line vehicles (and afaik all other low floor LRVs in Canada) are 2.65m wide, which is the same as our current high floor...

I don't see why the terms of the "donation" need to be confidential here. Normally individuals/organizations are quite happy to include...

For the SE it seems like it shouldn't have been too hard to have the best of both worlds, by sinking the tracks a bit as they approach...

I was in Kitchener for work about a month ago and since I'm a transit nerd, I rode their LRT system just for shits and giggles. It was...

Probably not, unless the CPR mainline is being twinned as part of an export capacity project (it should!) When this gets consolidated...

Does it make sense to do separate lines from Calgary to both Lethbridge and Medicine Hat? As the crow flies Calgary to Med is about...

There's tons of way smarter people that can talk through risk-transfers and procurement models and how they inflate costs for transit...