ARG1
Senior Member
They did, but I'm not sure that's a good idea.^ Actually, the HMLRT EPR proposed a dedicated lane for the LRT between roughly Wellington and the Brampton GO Station on Main. It would have used one of the car lanes that's used a lot of on street parking. So the LRT in this stretch would not have been in "mixed traffic". Want to see the drawing?
Looking at how narrow Main Street is here, your 2 options would be to A) Replace the center lanes with track which would leave basically no room for stations, or B) put the tracks on the outer lanes and convert the sidewalks into stations which would significantly worsen service by risking collisions with vehicles turning onto the street, and in general massively decrease the speed of the LRT in this area due to added risk of passengers walking on the tracks (see Waterfront West LRT and iON LRT for many of the issues that arise with curbside LRTs). Either way, both of the surface options would probably worsen transit in the area rather than improve it.