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I don't see anything in that article that suggests Montreal is considering converting to steel-wheel. All the bid documents for the new Metro vehicles specify rubber tires, and I've seen no indication from either STM or AMT that they are considering steel-wheel.
You don't understand the basics of internet discussions......you are not supposed to read the links posted by others in advancement of their argument....you are just supposed to assume they are factual back up for the point they are trying to make.
While Toronto is planning to convert the Scarborough Rapid Transit to light rail, Montréal is thinking about converting their rubber-wheeled Metro to steel-wheel. At the moment, the rubber wheeled trains must be covered to protect the tires from the snow. With steel wheels, they can expand their Metro in the open. See this link.
Monorails generally also are rubber tired. They would have the same problem with snow, unless heated (or covered) as well. Unless they are not used in the winter.
Even guided busways have to use heaters to melt the snow. Or have to be covered like the Montréal Metro.
While Toronto is planning to convert the Scarborough Rapid Transit to light rail, Montréal is thinking about converting their rubber-wheeled Metro to steel-wheel. At the moment, the rubber wheeled trains must be covered to protect the tires from the snow. With steel wheels, they can expand their Metro in the open. See this link.
Monorails generally also are rubber tired. They would have the same problem with snow, unless heated (or covered) as well. Unless they are not used in the winter.
Even guided busways have to use heaters to melt the snow. Or have to be covered like the Montréal Metro.
I'd have thought that everyone here knew that Montreal used rubber-tyred vehicles; given how much Toronto's vehicles squeal, I'm not sure why you'd laugh. I've never seen a platform of people collectively put their hands over their ears in Montreal.
