Toronto transit projects

[ijmorlan]

...as others are pointing out, there's a cost to this: the Alstom LRV's are about three times the price of the Bombardier Flexities. So they've already accounted for the penalty and Toronto flushed 0.5bn down the toilet.

Not necessarily. It’s not clear that vehicles are actually available to be purchased at Bombardier’s stated price on this continent. They may be, and we will find out over the next year or so, but so far it’s not looking promising. If they’re not, then the savings that would be had if we did get Bombardier vehicles rather than Alstom are fictitious.