I tend to agree with you, timc.
If anything good can come of it, maybe it will be that once it's up and running, regulators (Transport Canada) might come visit and be willing to relax the rules or make an exemption for us, and for future LRT lines. (i.e., by having them only activate for freight)
...although the pessimistic part of me says "no" with the logic that if there's a railway crossing warning system there, you have to activate it, because if people see them not illuminated they'll think "yay no train I can go".
If anything good can come of it, maybe it will be that once it's up and running, regulators (Transport Canada) might come visit and be willing to relax the rules or make an exemption for us, and for future LRT lines. (i.e., by having them only activate for freight)
...although the pessimistic part of me says "no" with the logic that if there's a railway crossing warning system there, you have to activate it, because if people see them not illuminated they'll think "yay no train I can go".