Light Rail Vehicles - LRT, ICTS, Monorail, and more

[ijmorlan]

You don't - it's AGT... not everything needs level crossings!

To clarify:  It's better to have higher-order transit either elevated or underground, because it's safer, and faster. Light Rail is the cheapest entry into the "Rapid Transit" foray, but with that you get all the mess that goes along with interfacing with other ground users - like it can't go as fast, and you'll have injuries and deaths from collisions.

Yes, I know it is, ceteris paribus, better to be grade-separated, and as you know, many LRT systems are built fully or almost fully grade-separated for this reason.

But the inability to have a level crossing is a disadvantage. What can this system do that LRT can’t? I know one thing LRT can do that it can’t: have a level crossing in a low-traffic situation (e.g. carhouse access) where the benefit of allowing the crossing hugely outweighs the infinitesimal risk of collision.