Ottawa LRT

[danbrotherston]

Some punditry I've seen says the speeds they're hitting aren't a good fit for low-floor trains, and that the technology choice there is the root of the problem. Certainly there's little need for low floors on this system as it exists.

To be honest I've never understood what the big deal about low floor vehicles is. For most systems that are entirely separated, as Ottawa and our systems are there should be no reason that you cannot have platforms at a higher level for traditional lrvs so I don't really understand why the low floor vehicles are so sought after.

I also get that because of the design of the bogies their maneuverability is restricted in some ways, but I wouldn't think that speeds are the problem. Our system attains 70k an hour. Does Ottawa system obtain significantly higher than this?