Those are valid points. Most of the Hurdman curves are fairly level but the one across the river has a bit of a slope to it, as does the tunnel southeast of Rideau. Maybe the track was not correctly banked in these areas? Dunno. One of the reasons for opting for light rail in Ottawa was to...

I've beaten the "tight curves" fallacy pretty hard already but it won't die. Virtually all modern light rail vehicles carry a stated minimum curve radius of 25 meters / 82 feet. The Citadis Spirit is no exception. Here is a snip from an old Alstom Brochure for it: Here is an image from...

And wasn't the Quebec tram project cancelled when changes in commuting and construction costs rendered the cost-benefit equation untenable? I think we're shifting into a minimum viable product era of transit lines and we'd better get used to it.

If it's built correctly it should be flexible enough to respond to changes over time as well as different demands during the day and week.

Yes, she is hands on. I lived in the Annex in the 90s and recall that she was personally responsible for adding back in some of the stops on the Spadina car the TTC wanted to eliminate.

Transit First will be 20 years old in June, and so far there are plans, studies, and no money. This linear lawn and shiny bridge could be considered a concrete step, but they are actually beyond the stretch on QQ that has to be built First™. I predict bus lanes will appear about the time weeds...

It's not unusual to hear city councilors go on about this. My own was on the radio bellyaching about the lack of signals on a street that passes my place. In fact there are 7 signals in 800 meters, and no corner is more than a 1 minute walk from a light. And you can easily cross without one...

Eglinton will have subway speeds in the part that's a subway, and surface LRT speeds in those parts. I don't think it's rocket science. Passengers won't need to transfer between the two sections. Many on this board think a transfer is the worst thing that could happen, except possibly a line...

You say that as though you expect more than 10% of Ontario drivers to obey the laws.

I can't imagine Sheppard being at capacity any time soon. After 20 years in service, headways were actually reduced, and the last ridership figure I saw was 3000 per hour, so a tenth of the nominal capacity of a subway line. Where are the other 27k coming from?

Has anyone else thought about reversing direction on Richmond and Adelaide, and then making one-way pairs of Queen-Richmond and Adelaide-King? Each street could have a reserved streetcar lane with platforms built out from the sidewalk. Hugely expensive and disruptive but worth it?

That's a coherent and logical argument. But here is some text from the Request for Qualifications on the requirements. Faster service with shorter journey times between Major Cities (Québec City, Montréal, Ottawa and Toronto) that are less than: o 4h10 between Toronto and Montréal o...

I don't think that's accurate. Although the existing corridor mostly had three tracks in recent decades it was wide enough for four. They are increasing that to six, but mainly by widening the the top of the berm and sloping the sides more steeply. Yes a lot of trees and bushes will go but the...

Don't shout at me, it's the people responsible for building it who added that line to the map. Discussing something to death in this talk shop doesn't make the question settled in the real world.

Fuel consumption goes up about 10% for every 10 km above 100. So a great global warming strategy shaping up here. Not to mention severity of accidents.

Except, there will still be Kingston-Ottawa trains travelling the existing route, though less frequently, after HFR, and there is a strong possibility of Toronto-Montreal trains traversing the yard on the CP route. So there could be more trains causing a conflict rather than fewer, and this...

Will they be converted, or just torn down? Esplanade Laurier is going to be a challenge because of the size of its floorplates. A number of the buildings at Confederation Heights, and the Defence Medical Centre have heritage designations, but it remains to be seen whether they can stand up to...

There really aren't any city blocks between Elgin and Bronson that are wide enough for an arena. Well, if you tore down the eight buildings behind the Lord Elgin, you could jam something the size of Maple Leaf Gardens in that block. Or just possibly at Bay/Slater/Bronson/Laurier, but that's at...

Here's a picture I took at Halloween. Heavy equipment digging up the bedrock perhaps 15 meters from the rail ROW, yet not widening it. Frustrating.

I said it was an optimistic guess. Its basis was guesswork. And some experience of how Amilcar does things. ARG1 may be correct about them practicing different scenarios. They may also be practicing different headways. They have said that trains will run 12 minutes at all hours, but the...