04-22-2016, 09:21 AM
Yup, where the rubber on the inside of the tracks at the top of the image ends, the concrete between the rails drops down a small distance. No need for smoothness with no car crossings to be had.
That said, I wonder where all of these locations would be? Imagine if a property abutted by this type of rail suddenly had need of a driveway entrance across the track. To level it out, you would need quite the effort, especially if the rubber inserts were needed to be added.
Driveways crossing the tracks: to LRT, this will be the equivalent of cars creeping across crosswalks and stopping pedestrians, only the LRT can't dodge around them. Similarly, driveways that are private, I would be shocked if they didn't run into the issues you have in Toronto with parallel parking. Someone will park in the right of way, and we'll have serious need for a GRT tow truck (or standing contract) to move the cars.
That said, I wonder where all of these locations would be? Imagine if a property abutted by this type of rail suddenly had need of a driveway entrance across the track. To level it out, you would need quite the effort, especially if the rubber inserts were needed to be added.
Driveways crossing the tracks: to LRT, this will be the equivalent of cars creeping across crosswalks and stopping pedestrians, only the LRT can't dodge around them. Similarly, driveways that are private, I would be shocked if they didn't run into the issues you have in Toronto with parallel parking. Someone will park in the right of way, and we'll have serious need for a GRT tow truck (or standing contract) to move the cars.