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  1. superelevation

    Calgary | Green Line LRT | ?m | ?s | Calgary Transit

    Length is not the only factor in capacity. The low floor LRVs have a lot less flexible interior layout as seen in Toronto, Kitchener, Edmonton etc. which slows down dwell times and leaves less room for standing. You need a longer low floor vehicle to match the capacity of a high floor vehicle...
  2. superelevation

    Calgary Regional Rail Transit

    Yes, thats the big benefit. The Texrail and Silver Line routes in Dallas both use Flirts and TexRail at least interacts with heavy trains. Could get bimode ones that use diesel and overhead wire like in the UK and wire the Airport - Downtown section.
  3. superelevation

    Calgary Regional Rail Transit

    The curves can be managed especially if a train akin to the "FLIRT" being used in Ottawa and the Dallas region (and all across Europe of course) are used - they have smaller "cars" than those used on traditional North American passenger trains. They could also run a frequent electric service...
  4. superelevation

    Calgary | Green Line LRT | ?m | ?s | Calgary Transit

    The research all suggests that "the price" is not fixed. Bad procurements practice, design etc. drives costs up but, it's not a given: https://transitcosts.com/ Tunnels and guideway are riskier, but at grade track on street need not be uber expensive. Alright, then no point in discussing...
  5. superelevation

    Calgary | Green Line LRT | ?m | ?s | Calgary Transit

    Build an at grade non Revenue track south of downtown before the Green Line goes underground connecting to the Red Line? It could be single track down the middle of a street. Clearly if you're trying to be cost effective you are not building underground. AFAIK the Green Line is less than 1km...
  6. superelevation

    Calgary Bike Lanes and Bike Paths

    Why haven't they built a culvert!
  7. superelevation

    Calgary | Green Line LRT | ?m | ?s | Calgary Transit

    It would be nicer for on street, no doubt. But, you can do on street with high platforms - just need to be more creative with the design. You would need to buy more of course, but less than low floor, since you can pool your spare trains with the existing fleet. You cannot do that if the trains...
  8. superelevation

    Calgary | Green Line LRT | ?m | ?s | Calgary Transit

    Ultimately why using a different train technology doesn't necessarily make a ton of sense. Stations are slightly easier to build yes (most on SE are not going to be in the middle of the road and even if they were a lot of the cost is electrification, trackbed, utilities anyways). I remember the...
  9. superelevation

    Toronto Toronto | Ontario Line 3 | ?m | ?s

    No no no, Sydney Metro is replacing the commuter service - the line will be converted so it won’t be using the same infrastructure. Total line rebuild. As was mentioned, we probably shouldn’t be designing the system such that we’d want to move stock between L1 and L2, they are both substantial...
  10. superelevation

    Toronto Toronto | Crosstown LRT | ?m | ?s

    I would suggest the reduction in delays from people on the tracks would be the much bigger savings. Especially for a P3 operator who loses money if they don’t provide reliable service
  11. superelevation

    Danforth Line 2 Scarborough Subway Extension

    Making a ton of people make one stop trips is bad, that’s why. STC is already an important node, no reason you can’t divert back north after connecting to it.
  12. superelevation

    GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)

    Good thing that it will actually be DB running the trains soon enough, and Germany happens to be one of those places
  13. superelevation

    Toronto Toronto | Ontario Line 3 | ?m | ?s

    Interesting new Renders on Twitter:
  14. superelevation

    Toronto Toronto | Ontario Line 3 | ?m | ?s

    Bringing up a well known case of a system being poorly designed and managed as a reason not to do something that system does is not as convincing as you think. It feels only a step away from "those urban trains are all a boondoggle!". I think it is worth asking why the elevated in Toronto looks...
  15. superelevation

    Toronto Toronto | Crosstown LRT | ?m | ?s

    Roughly 100 meter trains deep underground. Just because they look similar to the streetcars doesn't mean that a train of that size will stop on a dime, streetcars don't!

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