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Originally Posted by J.OT13
It's true that the City was very stupid in insisting on LRT when experts were telling us what we need is a metro (OtTaWa iS tO sMaLl fOr A rEaL SuBwAy). But three (maybe two, I think one proposed a real metro) consortiums were even dumber by submitting bids with rolling stock that could not do the job.
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I can't recall what the other consortiums proposed for rolling stock. Were they 100% low floor LRVs too? In my opinion, I don't think the main issue is with the use of LRT technology and rolling stock (although light metro would've been best), but rather going with a 100% low floor LRV instead of a high floor LRV or even a partial low floor LRV like the Siemens S700.
When I was in Seattle last year, their S700 trains really didn't seem to have the flimsy feel of the Citadis Spirit trains despite being partial low floor, nor did they seems to have issues navigating curves at higher speeds. That probably has something to do with the powered bogies being housed under the high floor segments of the trains and the non-powered ones being housed under the low floor segments. The issue at hand for the Citadis really seems to revolve around the 100% low floor design.
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