03-20-2017, 04:58 PM
(03-20-2017, 12:19 PM)Canard Wrote: We'll find out tomorrow (court hearing). Makes sense they would - they're trying to cancel their order with Bombardier simply because they have too many LRV's on order. The extra LRV's are for all the LRT lines that Rob Ford cancelled in his first day of office. It wouldn't look good if they went right back to Bombardier and said "Oh wait, let's only order about 90". So, with their tails between their legs, now they have to start planing ahead and going with a different vehicle supplier just to save face. It's really disgusting, actually.
What a bunch of idiots. If they would just start construction on the Sheppard LRT and give up on the idiotic STC one-stop subway, going instead for the previously-planned ICTS -> LRT conversion, they would need most or all of the vehicles in the order.
Note: I’m aware that it is the political level which is mostly pushing the subway, so please take the “bunch of idiots” as referring to a somewhat poorly-defined group of people. Who is really being stupid, and who just doesn’t want to lose their job? But it really is just flagrant incompetence at many levels.