Comment 118335

By Haveacow (registered) | Posted May 06, 2016 at 11:37:26 in reply to Comment 118328

To be fair legally speaking, Hamilton turned down a Light Metro System. The Scarborugh RT Line and the Skytrain in Vancouver as it was called ALRT (Advanced Light Rail Transit) then by its maker UTDC. This was a marketing name not a legal definition that Transport Canada or FTA in the US would have to use for licensing . The same thing can be said for the new proposed Light Rail System in Montreal the REM (Reseau Electrique Metropolitain)the term LRT is only for marketing purposes, under Transport Canada's definition it is a Light Metro System, I use to tell people, think "Diet Subway". Light Rail Transit Systems legally speaking, according to Transport Canada, must be able to operate on a street and pick up passengers without the use of high platforms. Although if you want to use high platform loading like Calgary and Edmonton do that's ok. In theory their vehicles can legally operate as a streetcar on a public road. Skytrain and the Scarborough RT cannot.

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