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A bus provides enough capacity over night. Pretty much all streetcar routes can be replaced by buses but they need to keep the...

LRTs should never be stopped by a vehicular traffic light. As the LRT approaches the light should be held or switched to green. When...

I ride the thing everyday. There is a marked difference in how it operates now on the eastern section versus how it operated at...

Standardization is overrated and impossible. You won't be able to replace everything in one fell swoop due to their varying ages, and...

I keep re-reading this seeing if I'm missing something. Because yeah, Line 5 is not useful if your destination is Peterborough, or...

Piecemeal as in no forced linear transfer between the two sections? The type of transfer the subway nuts bemoaned for years? And we...

Have you actually ridden the line yet? I have and nobody around me seemed to think it was "piecemeal". The general public doesn't care...

If Toronto really wants to cut down on all the wire gore, then it certainly would be a nice middle ground to have a small battery so...

It's never about the perceived efficiency of business, it's always about the transfer of markets and wealth to private hands.

Can just go north of Steeles to see how much of a thriving transit system private contractors have allowed York Region to have.

Yep, the blue ones just say "Audible only" or something similar for the blind, i suppose I think this is a sort of standard, as the...

If only there was a clear big sign next to the button to tell you when you don't need to press it.

Thank you for your thoughts, Deputy Mayor of Tweed. This would be exceptionally dumb to do, though; HSR is not meant as a replacement...

If only there was a way for the doors to close but then be opened later, either with operator intervention or that of riders. /s

With more grass and hedges, instead of concrete. Some drivers know they shouldn't drive on grass.