05-18-2017, 02:48 PM
(05-18-2017, 02:26 PM)danbrotherston Wrote:(05-18-2017, 01:40 PM)MidTowner Wrote: "Get out your umbrella. The great BRT watering down is upon us.
The grade separation would never be axed if it were LRT."
Grade separation hasn't been axed, has it? Just the Richmond Street tunnel.
Anyway, there are examples of LRTs (both historic and "modern") being made to run in mixed traffic.
No there aren't. Any "LRT" running in mixed traffic is legally a streetcar.
Lets not confuse the two. Our LRT is *not* a streetcar because it lacks the equipment and legal certification to operate in mixed traffic, thus *must* operate in it's own right of way.
What “equipment”? Our vehicles are very similar to the new Toronto streetcars. I suppose maybe you mean turn signals and the like? But those could be added easily. Also is there an actual legal distinction between an LRT and a streetcar? If so, please cite the appropriate chapter of the statutes and regulations of Ontario.