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Originally Posted by Alon
Toronto has a legacy streetcar system that's slow everywhere. It has high ridership because even a legacy streetcar has better ride quality than the most modern bus.
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"Legacy" streetcar system?
I've said it before and I'll say it again: you all over-classify everything to the extreme.
It also highlights the absurdity of words "subway" and "underground" to refer to what they essentially are: high frequency rapid transit regardless of whether a train's weight is "light" or "heavy".
The frenchies got it right when they stole the name for Paris' Metro from the Metropolitan Line of the London underground - it doesn't give the impression that a line is light, heavy, underground, on the surface or elevated, the name just refers to what the service is: high frequency and high capacity rail lines.
There's some justification for clearly delineating between lower frequency services and higher because they generally perform two functions (one transports people over greater differences, but even then, frequencies can be very high, hence the "Some justification").
But no, go on, these North American city rail pissing contests get quite funny after a while!
[end rant]