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It's almost like the term Light Rail Transit is a slur.

They found similar findings with the Quebec City tram plan I believe.

Thanks for the renders. Really illustrates that it will still be visually intrusive and RL is not an appropriate st to have it elevated. If elevated going down a side street like Viger would be preferable (as most building entrances face off Viger or it's not a predominantly commercial street).

I imagine that service will be more frequent on underground section to Laird with overlapping service from Mount Denis to Kennedy. So you'll have roughly 2 minute frequency Mount Denis to Laird and 5 minutes from Laird to Kennedy.

Fair enough. It may pass the test of not being unsightly, but we can aim higher. Sèvres-Lecourbe

Stop citing much more suburban examples and equating that as equal to a much more urban/historic/dense/walkable street.

Corrections requises aux plans du REM de l’Est I can't agree more that there is not nearly enough outcry over the proposal to elevate on René Lévesque. It saves costs, but DT Montréal deserves better than the cost-cutting "good enough" attitude. CDPQ was pressured to modify stage one of A lines...

From what I've seen it would add approximately 25k in residential units, however that is a phased approach likely to take a decade in a highly industrial/low density area. Crosstown can easily handle that. People read LRT and instantly assume it can't handle much, but the line is highly...

Couldn't agree more. Not only does it satisfy the desires of the most parties, but it may end up being more dense than a few high-rises being littered around.

Apple's and oranges bro.

Apparently shameless self-promotion doesn't get the attention of the moderators.

Having additional local GO stops isn't nearly as problematic as it's made to be as not all trains will stop at them. I suspect more local stops will be added when RER is implemented.

My idea would negate the need to tap off because it is using your phone and not the Presto card to sense when the trip has ended. Bluetooth Indoor Positioning and Tracking Solutions The article articulates the technology that is available, however used for different purposes right now.

Exactly that, similar to the idea of a time based transfer: you would be charged based on the amount of time you are riding transit. The reason this is currently not possible is many parts of the system are not configured for a tap off (ex. There aren't readers at the backdoor of a bus). The...

Mostly because if you use lighter rolling stock similar to Mark III or REM Alstom you will be able to use less expensive elevated support structures.

Zone based fare is the "easiest" to implement with current technology, however I think the future of fares is time/distance-based fares. One way this could be implemented as a pilot project is having users opt-in to sharing location data with their smartphone. Eventually this could be...

Light Rail Transit explains what the technology is, but not necessarily the implementation. SkyTrain, REM are therefore LRT (but light Metro may seem more coherent).

Perhaps we need to start a thread to debate the meaning of LRT

It's truly a shame the 407 is privately owned, but it happened. Not related to the argument, but all freeways in the GTA must be tolled.

Back on this idea are we?