Neil
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Basically then still a streetcar - that can be driven from both ends of the train and can be joined together to form a longer train and has doors on both sides of the train
That sounds like a subway! stir, stir, stir
Basically then still a streetcar - that can be driven from both ends of the train and can be joined together to form a longer train and has doors on both sides of the train
We've never lost any multi million dollar subway cars (married pairs in our case) due to accidents. Ever. For real.
We've never lost any multi million dollar subway cars (married pairs in our case) due to accidents. Ever. For real.
That sounds like a subway! stir, stir, stir
First we hear Ford hiding a report that says subway is not warranted on Sheppard. Then Dr Chong hires this Dr. Joanne Kennelly and now we are hearing the reverse. What are we to believe?There's a peculiar article in the Sun by Don Peat, claiming that there's a 23-page 'pro-subway' appendix to his report that the rest of the panel doesn't want released.
http://www.torontosun.com/2012/03/14/pro-subway-portion-may-be-cut-from-lrt-report-chong
First we hear Ford hiding a report that says subway is not warranted on Sheppard. Then Dr Chong hires this Dr. Joanne Kennelly and now we are hearing the reverse. What are we to believe?
Although the fact that Ford hired Chong and then Chong hired Kennelly and they both know what Ford wants to hear. “The Sheppard Subway plan outperforms the LRT Plan in terms of economic and fiscal management,†is not the same thing as Sheppard warrants the subway (or extension) based on the numbers and what is there now, what will be there in the future and the decrease or small increase in employment that NYC has provided in the past 20 years. That quote could be used anywhere, even to justify a subway on Lawrence Ave West
It Sounds more like advocacy rather than results of a proper analysis, by fiscal management they are probably referencing their bogus claims of massive cost increases on St Clair, or that nonsense about cost savings with automated trains offsetting the cost premium of underground construction.
“The Sheppard Subway plan outperforms the LRT Plan in terms of economic and fiscal management,” the section states. “The Subway Plan incorporates proven project management, capital financing and technological advancements that will attract international attention and investors to Toronto. It will result in robust capital and risk pricing, detailed consideration of life-cycle costs, consistent on-time delivery schedules, contractual discipline and potential for partners to subsidize construction costs.”