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The bus service will remain on Eglinton once the Crosstown opens, but will be quite a bit different than what runs today. The 34 will...

There's another option that you didn't cover but that I think is the correct one. "Not aware of previous study or research." This...

People far smarter than I have told me that there are no concerns with electrifying the trainshed, especially now that they've put in...

The lifespan of every transit bus built and sold in North America is designed to be 12 years, not just articulated ones. That they last...

SEPTA can not use the Minnesota cars due to wire clearances and platform heights. Metra, on the other hand, currently has an order for...

Track bed for the second main track. Dan

A lot of people get off at Duplex, but generally to catch an eastbound bus at the stop on Duplex northbound, or to walk to their final...

They absolutely do close down entire sections of highway for a weekend. Have you forgotten when the MTO put the new bridges in carrying...

And what are the ridership numbers per kilometer of route for each of those cities? And what is the budget to maintain them? It's easy...

No, they can't. An EMU is going to accelerate at basically the same rate as a DMU. At low speeds traction is the limiting problem, not...

As has been pointed out further up this thread, in England the trains have been running there for many, many years at similar...

What makes you think that the noise disappears with electrification? Dan

You're making as assumption that SEPTA is operating equipment that was built for that lifespan. That is absolutely not true, which can...

To this degree, and in the railroad sphere? No, it does not. Look, you can try and downplay it all you want, I don't care. Those...

While most transit nerds would prefer a streetcar to a bus (myself included), the reality is that to the average person they are...