Holy moly. OK, I'm just going to chime in as an out-of-towner but good grief, I cannot believe how disappointed I am with the discussion taking place here. If this is the mentality by which Edmontonians are going to think about transit projects, forget about Valley Line SE ever getting to 30,000...

I'm not aware of Bombardier actually refusing to restart the Mark I production line. From what I can tell, it was understood by the TTC that restarting the Mark I product line or getting Bombardier to make shorter and compatible Mark IIs would have to be done at a significant premium (likely...

Uh, there is zero logical basis for the idea of Vancouver's Expo/Millennium Line having to switch to conventional rail because of this purchase. I don't even understand how you or others are drawing this conclusion (if this is true then Toronto's subways are also doomed to have to go through...

There is absolutely no basis for these rumours. The guy who runs the Rail for the Valley blog has questionable links to the rail industry, and is well known here in Metro Van as a spreader of misinformation and a hater of the SkyTrain system. This is the same person who's been peddling a false...

I know that it is growing really really fast (i.e. compared to the rest of their metro)

Recycling the SRT technology (now modernized) would have cost less or the same as LRT I don't know if anyone has seen this yet, but there was some research/advocacy group from the other side of Canada that actually conducted their own study of the technology choice for the Crosstown LRT and...