This video looks at how Waterloo, Ontario built the ION LRT at a fraction of the cost of most Canadian and American transit projects.Keep Urbanity rolling:Jo...
Some places lost lanes. The Kitchener portion of the line splits the track with each direction on different streets to avoid having to take as much street space. It’s a shitty, short-sighted compromise, but at least they got the damn thing built. If they hadn’t pushed the risk onto the vendors, it would have been massively over-budget due to missed targets.
Some places lost lanes. The Kitchener portion of the line splits the track with each direction on different streets to avoid having to take as much street space. It’s a shitty, short-sighted compromise, but at least they got the damn thing built. If they hadn’t pushed the risk onto the vendors, it would have been massively over-budget due to missed targets.