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Someone remind me, what is the point of light rail again? |
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Posted by geoffc on Fri Aug 28 07:23:35 2015 I was in Toronto, took the Queens Quay Streetcar from YTZ airport to Union Station.They just finished redoing those tracks a few weeks ago. They are separated from traffic. The east bound lane is now a part of the Martin Goodman Trail and the west bound lane is open to traffic. That was the slowest ride I have ever taken in a transit vehicle not in traffic. When it entered the tunnel under Bay St it did not speed up appreciably. Still slow. Then I got on the subway to Downsview and it went fairly quickly. I have seen HBLR through Jersey City and it crawls. It goes a bit faster by the Lincoln Tunnel when it is completely separate but still slow. What is the point of light rail again? Seems like a bus on the same concrete base would be faster and more flexible. |
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