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Okay... I have looked through thread after thread, read article after article, and done as much research as I can stand to do and I'm still confused about the new LRT. I am wondering if someone can lay out for me the following information in an organized manner:
1) What are the differences between the new streetcars (LRV's) and the streetcars that will be operating on the new LRT lines such as Finch West and Eglinton Crosstown? (I have heard about size differences, locations of doors, etc.) Are the new streetcars the LRV's and lines such as Eglinton Crosstown and Finch West will be LRT's?
2) Will there no longer be one-car streetcars? Will every street-car line from King to Carlton have 5-car-long LRV's?
3) How will payment work? Will you be able to scan transfers from subway stations to enter through any of the doors on the streetcars? I'd like a general explanation about how the new streetcars/LRT will change the process of getting around by streetcar as we currently know it.
I'm sure I'll think of more questions as time goes on. I can see why the general public has become so incredibly frustrated with the transit planning because almost nobody can keep up with all the different and subtle details and differences between the different LRT lines. I follow urban issues and architecture, as do many of my friends, yet none of us have any clue what this whole plan is going to look like, especially these new LRV's/LRT's/streetcars/whateverthehelltheyare. It's hard for anyone to make an opinion when they have been inundated with large amounts of information, much of it sometimes seemingly conflicting.
I want to become more informed about all this LRT and new-streetcar business but I just don't even know where to begin, so I hope this thread will be helpful to myself but also many other people in the same situation.
Thank you so much!!!
1) What are the differences between the new streetcars (LRV's) and the streetcars that will be operating on the new LRT lines such as Finch West and Eglinton Crosstown? (I have heard about size differences, locations of doors, etc.) Are the new streetcars the LRV's and lines such as Eglinton Crosstown and Finch West will be LRT's?
2) Will there no longer be one-car streetcars? Will every street-car line from King to Carlton have 5-car-long LRV's?
3) How will payment work? Will you be able to scan transfers from subway stations to enter through any of the doors on the streetcars? I'd like a general explanation about how the new streetcars/LRT will change the process of getting around by streetcar as we currently know it.
I'm sure I'll think of more questions as time goes on. I can see why the general public has become so incredibly frustrated with the transit planning because almost nobody can keep up with all the different and subtle details and differences between the different LRT lines. I follow urban issues and architecture, as do many of my friends, yet none of us have any clue what this whole plan is going to look like, especially these new LRV's/LRT's/streetcars/whateverthehelltheyare. It's hard for anyone to make an opinion when they have been inundated with large amounts of information, much of it sometimes seemingly conflicting.
I want to become more informed about all this LRT and new-streetcar business but I just don't even know where to begin, so I hope this thread will be helpful to myself but also many other people in the same situation.
Thank you so much!!!