01-06-2016, 10:37 AM
I found this an interesting read on Edmonton's LRT in the National Post.
Tristin Hopper: The $600 million Edmonton train that snarls traffic, slows down transit times and increases emissions
http://news.nationalpost.com/full-commen...-emissions
How did Edmonton seemingly get it so wrong? Between the slow speeds forced by the grade and poor signals this has to be awful for people using any form of transit in the city.
I picture our system running like the city's I've visited so I hope the ion lands on the Denver/San Diego side of effective LRT and not the Edmonton system. San Diego's LRT has a ton of street level crossing but the barriers are only down for a minute or two and then traffic gets back to normal.
Tristin Hopper: The $600 million Edmonton train that snarls traffic, slows down transit times and increases emissions
http://news.nationalpost.com/full-commen...-emissions
How did Edmonton seemingly get it so wrong? Between the slow speeds forced by the grade and poor signals this has to be awful for people using any form of transit in the city.
I picture our system running like the city's I've visited so I hope the ion lands on the Denver/San Diego side of effective LRT and not the Edmonton system. San Diego's LRT has a ton of street level crossing but the barriers are only down for a minute or two and then traffic gets back to normal.