Hamilton area transit

[ijmorlan]

Wouldn't have had this issue if they'd just gone with ICTS in the 80's, like they were going to - steep grades are no problem for contactless LIM propulsion, which doesn't rely on wheel-to-rail traction - it's direct thrust against the reaction rail.

But then total grade separation would be required everywhere without exception, which would dramatically increase the cost of the project and make most extensions either infeasible or require a different (specifically, LRT) technology.