05-07-2017, 01:13 PM
(05-07-2017, 12:39 AM)Square Wrote: I'm with Canard on this, I would LOVE if they tried a different technology (elevated track) for Phase 2!
Elevated track is not a different technology. Monorail or rubber-tired concrete guideway or something would be a different technology. But obviously it would be madness to switch technologies from Fairview to somewhere around Preston and then switch back to LRT for the rest of the route down to Galt. The whole point of LRT is that it is the universal technology — equally comfortable in mixed traffic, dedicated lanes, private right-of-way, elevated, or in tunnel. So while I’m guessing they aren’t actually going to elevate the LRT through Preston, it could be done, and the station would not be significantly more obtrusive than an elevated station for another technology (yes, elevated sections outside of the station would be more prominent than elevated tracks for many other technologies).