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That's correct, as with most large transit infrastructure projects, a substantial cost also goes to road reconfigurations, and the upfront replacement and relocation of utilities.

The mention of politicians and "designing the system" is very much part of the problem that we should not be repeating.

Absolutely this is a point often overlooked. MSF for light rail lines are included in the cost of building the line (including room for future expansion), whereas, there is a need for bus garages, but all analysis seems to ignore the costs associated with that on a many-to-one replacement. Same...

The demand for the educational institutions (UTS) is slightly overstated here, at least not until their revitalization plan starts taking shape.

The changing transportation landscape actually helps with EELRT's case significantly. While Initially conceived as a way to get people coming from the west to UTSC, it actually serves a far more strategic purpose now. The UTSC route for those coming from the west is more comfortably served by...

There will be some development where the excavations take place, which will be a bit of a focal point. Much higher density than what exists today. https://www.infrastructureontario.ca/en/what-we-do/projectssearch/pape-transit-oriented-community/...

While I can appreciate your examples from Eastern Europe, and they still provide valuable lessons. There are substantial differences from how that society works compared to North America or even Western Europe, and while proposing solutions they need to be feasible in local conditions. There are...

This is due to the aforementioned signalization requirements for red clearance times. Showing that these LRTs will not be solely line-of-sight systems.

I understand your frustration here. To an earlier point I made in this thread, most international tram systems do slow down *slightly* when crossing intersections for safety reasons due to the physics of friction mentioned by @MovingBlock. North America is a risk-adverse and litigious society...

There is no underpinning of an active transit station above and the station will be mined. So aside from the two shafts where the headhouses will be, there will not be much disruption to the surface in addition to what is already being experienced.

I know there are special provisions on Finch West LRT that will help support the movement of LRVs better that are not on ECLRT. I believe that it will still interface with the signalling system with ATP that will provide better than line-of-sight operation.

This is exactly it, the Ontario government fully funded the projects, that's why they were able to go ahead. Then the federal government chipped in.

EA documents look generally at the broader evaluation of environmental impacts, one feature of the TPAP is that you do not need to evaluate alternatives. Yes, you are correct in saying that the EA could encompass the full build, whereas the actual build could be phased. The size of facility...

There is a happy medium here where we can hope for better, and also take the good aspects of each. It's not just a binary choice.

Yes exactly, so for OL, when they advertise 90 second headways (that is operational headways) i.e., the trains will actually be able to come every 90 seconds.

In order to have practical 90 s headways, it has to be operationally capable of better headways so that factors such as dwell time don't interfere as every second matters.

Yes, but what is the point that you want to make?

The specific point that I was referring to is not a contract requirement. But, you would be correct to state that any contract requirements would be written as a capacity that must be achieved.

Maybe I have said too much then... But, the MSF is designed for a certain level of future expansion, and there's a bigger incentive for Hitachi to set up shop here.

90 s headways are not built in as opening day service frequency, but are a triggerable level within the contract. Please also remember that in addition to the maintenance and operations, the RSSOM contract also includes the construction of rails, OCS, PSDs, signalling, and the MSF.