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Originally Posted by Nouvellecosse
My response was to someone who seemed to write off LRT as a technology by claiming that it it was as expensive as a subway but no better than a bus.
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In Vancouver, the above statement is almost entirely correct. Both the Broadway and Surrey-Langley tram proposals offered the same service as the B-Line express buses they aimed to replace, in exchange for capital costs that were closer to the alternative SkyTrain options.
Your argument seems to be more light metro (which Eglinton is close to but isn't) over heavy metro; street-running trains do fine as a rich man's bus, but often fail as a poor man's rapid transit without proper separation.
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