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Old Posted May 6, 2010, 4:32 AM
Dr Nevergold Dr Nevergold is offline
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Eh, there's just "ROW" and then there is totally grade separated ROW where it doesn't have to go through intersections. Some light rail lines with ROW still have to go through intersections and has some mixing with traffic. I don't like that kind of light rail. St Louis seems to be a good example of LRT done right in this regard. I assume Edmonton is the same? I forget what kind of system you guys have, but I'm under the assumption that it doesn't intersect with traffic even in its own ROW lanes. I've had the net benefit of visiting/living and riding all these systems in Portland, Denver, St Louis, Toronto, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, London, etc... But I've never been to Edmonton.

The Metro here in Buffalo is just totally bizzaire. I've never seen a city build an entire underground subway-style LRT outside of downtown, and magically rise above ground in the main downtown highrise corridor. Its just the most peculiar system ever, and totally underrated.
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