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[tomh009]

How does the image illustrate that the LRT is "slow as hell", though?

I've made the argument on here before that it was a stupid decision (and within the architecture and city planning community, I'm not alone). If they had tunneled or elevated it where it made sense to do so, it could actually manage to run at speeds close to 50-70 km/h and more people would use it.

They could run the trains substantially faster without changing the turn radii, let alone elevating or tunneling. This was discussed at length, numerous times, during the LRT construction. And hopefully it will happen yet.

And, as you implied, it likely would not have been built if it had to be elevated or tunneled.