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Leslie Street is clearly the best route though one day, when the Portlands gets developed the route along Commissioners will be another possibility, clearly stupid to build that route now!
the route along Commissioners will be another possibility, clearly stupid to build that route now!
Is it though? The Flexity vehicles are narrower than units other cities are using, because of the tighter curves, etc. The units they had in Vancouver seemed extremely narrow. I know the Toronto versions will be a bit wider, but wouldn't we be better served by procuring a different design that was more suited to these LRT routes?Looks like the decision is in to utilize the Bombardier options on Transit City vehicles rather than do a whole new procurement. This likely means that there will not be large differences between the Downtown fleet and the Transit City fleet which is good news in my opinion.
Is it though? The Flexity vehicles are narrower than units other cities are using, because of the tighter curves, etc. The units they had in Vancouver seemed extremely narrow. I know the Toronto versions will be a bit wider, but wouldn't we be better served by procuring a different design that was more suited to these LRT routes?
I don't doubt you ... but I don't see anything documenting the different widths for different cities - perhaps I'm not looking in the right place. Though as I pointed out, the Toronto version are going to be a bit wider than those very narrow units in Vancouver ... just doesn't seem as wide as a CLRV.If you look at the Bombardier website, you will see that the Flexity has different widths for different cities. Just like the lengths could be different. Just like the PCC, they can be flexible in size, when being made.
From W.K.Lis' link, go to "Flexity Trams", choose from each of the cities under "Reference Projects" and take a look at their technical data.I don't doubt you ... but I don't see anything documenting the different widths for different cities - perhaps I'm not looking in the right place. Though as I pointed out, the Toronto version are going to be a bit wider than those very narrow units in Vancouver ... just doesn't seem as wide as a CLRV.