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Yeah but most LRT lines (in America) aren't run at the frequencies we operate in Toronto, that makes delay and timing issues much worse. If the Eglinton Crosstown doesn't need 10,000+ ppdph of capacity on day 1 I can't help but see that as a failure, it has an incredibly important existing bus...

Soon another on Finch West ;)

To be fair, the issue is not that you can't get a vehicle which can operate on rails (these are designed for tunnels etc) but that emergency vehicles want to use the space to bypass traffic. Even if using steel wheels was practical to bypass traffic, you'd still need to put them on every fire truck.

I for one am a huge fan, the grey paint gives these subway class trains an uncanny resemblance to another train:

EMUs have small auxiliary batteries which are fine, any meaningful range requires a bigger batter and becomes a pain. Electrifying does not take ten years, this is a Toronto problem. Construction also hasn't started, if we decided tomorrow to electrify we could do it quickly.

Well, the Spadina Line has lots of capacity, I can see people just riding a few stops across, it won't take long and you'll likely have room. Capacity will be an issue, the number of major bus routes interfacing with the line along is going to drive a ton of ridership . . .

I do think the Alstom's look nicer than the flexities, less bland

We remove a lot of crossings that probably aren't necessary if we just designed better crossings - if places like Japan and Korea don't deem it necessary on lines with service every few minutes I think we will be fine.

This is silly, onboard energy storage makes LESS sense with big trains, and while we are on the subject, you really ought to see what China and India have been up to in recent years . . . (I'd have shown the Wag 12 but . . .)

It's been done, though you don't actually need curved doors A streetcar extension wouldn't be nearly as fun as some form of elevated transport which are pretty common for connecting exhibition sites etc and it would require some form of tunneling etc anyway because as you mention the Indy is a...

Sounds like the exact type of thing that would go horribly wrong in Toronto

Eglinton was procured like a decade ago

Reducing your capital cost once and then paying more for trains for the rest of time seems like a *terrible* idea. GO is going to be a truly mass transit level solution if done right, minor lines in the UK really should not be compared. Batteries should be pretty niche, there's no reason we...

I remember when the eventual changes to UP like rolling in into GO were announced maybe a year back they mentioned more varied service which would be cool. I would be totally supportive of having a superexpress with no stops from Pearson to Union a few times and hour as well as a rapid-express...

Give buses lanes, use more artics etc. we are nowhere near saturating most routes with buses.

Seems like they'd want to potentially do something with longer distance GO Bus Routes? I am pretty sure they wouldn't be going after municipal buses . . . that would be a can of worms beyond even uploading the Subway

I don't think that aligns with the "Metrolinx is evil/trying to hide things" narrative I say cancel the project, wouldn't want to give up the historic bridges

But we don't even exclusively run articulateds on most routes . . .

Ah yes, Metrolinx bulldozing a park in a neighborhood already screaming about a new electric transit service seems sensible . . .

Basically all of the benefits you suggest, could be achieved with buses at a much lower cost. Which is why suburban LRT is usually so silly...