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Isn't that like saying smoking creates jobs in the health care sector? Come on.

I want a standard based on the only still existing electric street railway in the province. If you have a legacy freight line converted to non-freight use, great! If you want to extend it, great! I've made these exceptions clear, repeatedly. You just seem to ignore it. You seem to think...

How many times do I have to say that legacy lines can be an exception for the rare case of a freight line being aquired for LRT, generally a rare occurence that should not be relevant to a standard for something that otherwise requires new construction? You're not seeing the big picture at all...

I maintain that LRT doesn't require frequent stops, even though optimally it would have them. LRT is capable of going 100+km/h for 10+km if it wants. The distance between Cambridge and Dundas is about 20km. Long, yes. Is it impossible for an LRT to traverse that non-stop? Not at all. It...

Well said.

Well, seeing as how there are more non-smokers than smokers, and Council seems to be favouring the ban, I'd suggest you move out of the city if smoking matters that much to you. Don't ask me to tolerate your poisoning of fellow citizens.

LRT isn't required to have frequent stops, but is best-suited for frequent stops. A heavy rail line from Kitchener to Hamilton via Cambridge and Waterdown already exists (a CP route).

You're suggesting that Ottawa's network is going to connect to Western Canada or the US? Where else in the world standard gauge is used for LRT is completely irrelevant. Especially US cities, whose LRV assembly plants wouldn't conform to the Canadian Content requirement. The Western Canada...

What advantage does Ottawa get from standard gauge over TTC gauge when it won't connect to anything anyway? Ottawa isn't going to connect to Montreal by LRT, the HSR would be handling that traffic. Ottawa's surrounding area doesn't have the concentration of communities the GGH does. So...

bah

You're suggesting freight lines in the GTA have the spare capacity between freight trains and GO Trains to allow LRT on them? I don't think there's a chance of that. Lines that are so lightly used they could be abandoned is one thing, and that's the case in Ottawa, but in the Golden Horseshoe...

Some peope ask before they light up, but many people don't. They think it is a right that nobody can take away from them, and they're complete inconsiderate snobs about it. You may be considerate as a smoker, doesn't mean all smokers are considerate. Good on you for setting a good example...

I already conceded connections wouldn't be made with Ottawa, so I don't get your argument.

What advantage do they get from using standard gauge though? None. It's not like they can use existing freight lines, the FRA will see to it that that never happens. Standard gauge has no advantage, TTC gauge does. While no line from Toronto will reach Ottawa, that much is certain, but if...

It's lacking on subway platforms, too. I've seen a guy puffing away on Bloor station's platform.

TC vehicles might not be able to use the legacy trackage, but legacy fleet could use TC trackage, that's why you bother. All you have to do is build a loop in the odd strategic spot in the TC network.

"Your right to smoke ends at my nose." -Joe Mihevc. Well said!:)

Downtown. It has to, St.Clair and St.Clair West loops require it.

Two new car models are being ordered. Apart from one being single-ended and the other double-ended, my understanding is the TTC wants the two models to be as similar as possible.

While centre platforms would be a definite incompatibility, most of TC would be using flanking platforms anyway. Only in underground stations would I actually expect to see a centre platform. While TC vehicles are capable of servicing centre platforms, the reason for having double doors is...