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RE: Light Rail Vehicles - LRT, ICTS, Monorail, and more - KevinL - 02-02-2019
Here's a rarity - an action-movie scene on an LRV.
(Set in 1995 Los Angeles)
RE: Light Rail Vehicles - LRT, ICTS, Monorail, and more - Canard - 02-09-2019
I think this aerial photo very susinctly points out just how awesome monorails are.
You could put all of the passengers in all of the vehicles on the left, into one of the cars on that 6-car Bombardier MK VI monorail train - which is supported on pylons that touch less than a square metre of ground space at each support.
RE: Light Rail Vehicles - LRT, ICTS, Monorail, and more - Canard - 02-09-2019
Beautiful footage of one of the few Light Rail lines in Japan:
RE: Light Rail Vehicles - LRT, ICTS, Monorail, and more - panamaniac - 02-09-2019
Interesting to see how relatively inconspicuous the catenary system is compared to Ion’s “in your face” approach.
RE: Light Rail Vehicles - LRT, ICTS, Monorail, and more - ijmorlan - 02-09-2019
(02-09-2019, 12:37 AM)Canard Wrote: Beautiful footage of one of the few Light Rail lines in Japan:
I absolutely love the grass between the tracks in a few areas, and the single-track segments where it works. Really good video, too, showing a lot of the details that somebody who is actually interested in the system would otherwise be wondering about.
RE: Light Rail Vehicles - LRT, ICTS, Monorail, and more - Spokes - 02-09-2019
(02-09-2019, 10:31 AM)ijmorlan Wrote:(02-09-2019, 12:37 AM)Canard Wrote: Beautiful footage of one of the few Light Rail lines in Japan:
I absolutely love the grass between the tracks in a few areas, and the single-track segments where it works. Really good video, too, showing a lot of the details that somebody who is actually interested in the system would otherwise be wondering about.
The more I see that, the more I really love it too. Are there any logical places it would work for our system?
RE: Light Rail Vehicles - LRT, ICTS, Monorail, and more - Canard - 02-09-2019
Lots!
But, we had a decision: either have a shorter line with grass, or a longer line with no grass. We went for maximum length for dollar.
RE: Light Rail Vehicles - LRT, ICTS, Monorail, and more - Spokes - 02-09-2019
As in line of vehicles? Because of the cost associated?
RE: Light Rail Vehicles - LRT, ICTS, Monorail, and more - Canard - 02-09-2019
Green track costs more to build and maintain than concrete.
So if the price is fixed, you have two choices:
-concrete and long
-grass and short
We chose concrete and long
RE: Light Rail Vehicles - LRT, ICTS, Monorail, and more - panamaniac - 02-09-2019
I thought there was an Ottawa LRT thread somewhere, but I can’t find it, so just to note that there was a hint this week from an Ottawa Citizen reporter that Ottawa’s system may not be ready to role by March 31st, the date that came out of the previous postponement.
RE: Light Rail Vehicles - LRT, ICTS, Monorail, and more - KevinL - 02-09-2019
Could we not retrofit some of the corridor segments to have grass? Or does the ballast have to stay accessible?
RE: Light Rail Vehicles - LRT, ICTS, Monorail, and more - KevinL - 02-09-2019
(02-09-2019, 05:04 PM)panamaniac Wrote: I thought there was an Ottawa LRT thread somewhere, but I can’t find it, so just to note that there was a hint this week from an Ottawa Citizen reporter that Ottawa’s system may not be ready to role by March 31st, the date that came out of the previous postponement.
That's here, in the 'outside Waterloo Region' forum.
RE: Light Rail Vehicles - LRT, ICTS, Monorail, and more - Spokes - 02-09-2019
(02-09-2019, 05:29 PM)KevinL Wrote: Could we not retrofit some of the corridor segments to have grass? Or does the ballast have to stay accessible?
Ya, I'm curious too. I'm sure it's probably number last on their list of importance when it comes to transit spending, but darn is it ever pretty.
RE: Light Rail Vehicles - LRT, ICTS, Monorail, and more - jeffster - 02-10-2019
(02-02-2019, 10:08 AM)KevinL Wrote: Here's a rarity - an action-movie scene on an LRV.
(Set in 1995 Los Angeles)
https://twitter.com/brielarson/status/1091578878160588807
Brie Larson was awesome in Scott Pilgrim....
RE: Light Rail Vehicles - LRT, ICTS, Monorail, and more - KevinT - 02-10-2019
Metro UK: New ‘trackless train’ which runs on virtual rail lines launched in China