Vancouver, imo, is the most progressive "green" city I know of... but I hate how obsessed it is with the Skytrain.
I've been on the Scarborough RT several times and it's horrible. From my understanding, the Skytrain is similar if not the same. I LOVE the design of the new trains being made for 2010,
http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/photo_galler...ada-Line-4.jpg
but still am not a fan of elevated "tracks" or monorail'esq rapid transit systems.
The talks around Hamilton through the 90's were for Monorail... I'm SO happy that never came to be, and can only imagine street-level Light Rail for this City!
Thanks for the info though, MrX... very interesting. And I can't wait til 2010! Definately a very exciting time for all of Canada!