ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit

[Drake]

I thought the poo-pooing was on cost. Why would we care about visual obstruction?

I also don't think it's just the cost, but the reason for the cost.  A completely separated system like a subway or monorail I believe has a substantially higher carrying capacity then an LRT, which we just don't need here, which means that extra money is simply being spent to buy drivers more road space.  It's yet another subsidy for single occupancy vehicle commuting.

Why does this always come back to cars? It is like a reflexive response like somehow we are trained to believe this is a fact.

I would think that the obvious advantages for a monorail system would include speed of the trips and the safety of the system.