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ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit
Quote:Schmidt said the impact on the intersection will be relatively small. Light rail trains are not like emergency vehicles, which automatically trigger a traffic light change to proceed through an intersection.

Trains may modify a light if running a bit behind schedule, either extending a green light or shortening a red light.

"It's more of a slight modification rather than a hard stop each time the train comes," Schmidt said. "It's designed to work with the network."

https://www.therecord.com/news-story/857...le-street/

This confuses me. I thought it was settled that the LRVs would never have to stop at an intersection precisely because they do control traffic lights like an emergency vehicle. What am I missing here?
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RE: ION - Waterloo Region's Light Rail Transit - by PhilippAchtel - 04-28-2018, 08:28 PM
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