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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
(01-06-2017, 08:03 AM)Canard Wrote:
(01-06-2017, 06:42 AM)ijmorlan Wrote: Also, somehow I feel that active transportation users are less likely to develop bad habits than car drivers. There is something about not being protected by a steel cage that at least in some people focusses the mind.

I... I don't even know how to respond to that.  Wow.  Confused  I totally disagree.  There are good drivers and bad drivers.  There are good cyclists and bad cyclists.  There are good pedestrians and bad pedestrians.  Unless you want to start quoting data and do a study, your statement doesn't fly.

Quote:Also, parking causing a problem for the entire duration of the parking and may require a tow to resolve. All other proposed uses can cease at any instant when a train comes along.

Yep, they cease instantly when a train comes along, and it hits them and kills them, because they had their headphones in or were texting and not paying attention.  I'm just curious, and I think I know the answer, but do you guys actually have any clue how many fatalities there are per year on LRT systems in the US?  I'm getting the feeling that this is something very few are actually aware of, and are going to be in for a very rude awakening once service starts.

Perhaps less than would be killed by cars?

We're not in Thailand:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRVaGV47C8I
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RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit - by plam - 01-06-2017, 09:33 AM
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