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Assuming underground trains will travel faster than street level trains, won't this leading to a bunching up of eastbound, surface level trains as they leave the underground portion? Not to mention trains in the underground portion don't have to deal with red lights between stations.

Here we go.... We were promised rapid transit. Billions of dollars and over a decade of construction, for this? We could have built a subway with the amount of time & money we spent constructing this LRT.

Your trying to shift the goal posts in anticipation of the mass disappointment that will surly ensue when people see how slow this LRT is. When people hear the word "rapid" the implication is "fast". I'm not anti LRT. I'm not against the LRT projects in Mississauga or Hamilton. There was no...

https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/cpkc-debuts-first-locomotive-in-new-livery/

Subways are also great at bypassing traffic while still being able to travel at high speeds. So are BRTs.

I'm not sure I'm believing what I'm reading. The posted speed limit for these streets is between 50-60km/h. But you're telling me none of these trains will exceed 30km/h? Is that correct or am I misreading something?

So why was this billed as rapid transit?

I'm finding it really underwhelming how slow these trains are moving. I seriously hope these are just testing speed. These don't look anywhere as fast as the C-Trains in Calgary. EDIT: I'm not Ramsey Kilani. I just agree with his sentiment.

I find myself asking this so often with MX. And some people are convinced that electrification of the network is only a couple years away. 🙄

It's all about "time" for me. I'll sacrifice some comfort if the train gets back to Toronto quicker. And I say that as a frequent driver. In fact the only reason I drive so much is because in a lot of cases it's usually quicker than taking transit. Particularly when travelling between suburbs...

This has always been my mentality towards transit. The goal should be to make transit enticing to drivers. Convenient, fast, safe, clean, etc. Problem is a lot of people within the urbanist community would rather slag on drivers, gaslight them, and take their cars away from them. It's no...

Is that about as fast as they'll go once the line opens? Or is that just testing speed? A lot of the cars looked like they were passing the trains. Will the trains travel faster when underground?

That video is sped up for a reason, autonomous shunt trucks are incredibly slow. A skilled shunter would be more productive than 3 of these combined.

Someone weeks ago said debating with you is "circular". I'm beginning to understand now.

I work in Intermodal for CN rail. I deal with truck drivers everyday. You're never going to get an autonomous truck to come into the intermodal yard and grabs it's container full of Ontario asparagus. Not unless CN completely redesigns their intermodal yard to accommodate autonomous trucks...

I get that. But I still think "last mile" is the biggest issue with transit in Canada. Because it would involve having to completely rethink and redesign our neighborhoods/ suburbs in order to make them more transit accessible.

I don't understand the whole concept of autonomous vehicles. What's the point of purchasing a car and never driving it? Why not just take transit if you want someone else to do the driving for you? Why spend thousands on a car? Plus autonomous vehicles are still vehicles. They'll get stuck in...

I wouldn't take the GO train or GO bus as often as I do if it wasn't for the parking at Oakville GO station. It would take 15-20 minutes for me to get to a GO station via Oakville transit (not including time to walk and wait at the bus stop) vs 5-7 minutes just to drive to the station. Last...

I was in Edmonton last week. You want to talk about "pickup truck culture"? I'm not against pickup trucks. They're a utilitarian vehicle that should be used for work. But why you lifting your GMC sierra 6ft off the ground? What line of work are you in that requires you to do that to your truck...

No.... a pedestrian tunnel. 🤪