08-26-2020, 10:25 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-26-2020, 10:33 PM by danbrotherston.)
(08-26-2020, 09:59 PM)jeffster Wrote:(08-26-2020, 09:23 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: --snip--
Forgot to add one point -- by having the LRT on one side only, you'd only need one set of doors, on one side only. This means you have a lot more seating. The LRT that I have been on in Toronto only opens on one side (passenger side). As far as I know, they don't have the same issues that the ION has regarding cyclists.
That's definitely an improvement, although you do lose flexibility in that if you buy single side door LRVs, your system must only ever use platforms configured the same way in every expansion.
I'm not sure which LRT you are referring to in Toronto? Their streetcars absolutely do have issues with cyclists.
Edit: Even Toronto's segregated street cars have segments which cross roads at very oblique angles:
https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.6363151,-...a=!3m1!1e3
https://www.google.ca/maps/@43.636534,-7...a=!3m1!1e3
But AFAIK not with a similar grade as our LRT.