tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post3350615568878729027..comments2024-01-12T00:32:20.149-08:00Comments on The Overhead Wire: When Is a Streetcar a Streetcar?Pantograph Trolleypolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-11916295392542168092007-04-26T10:11:00.000-07:002007-04-26T10:11:00.000-07:00I'm more interested in the service characteristics...I'm more interested in the service characteristics (mainly runningway) than in the vehicle. And, so, if they ran 'streetcars' in reserved-guideway, I'd have no problem calling it LRT.<BR/><BR/>The problem with what Lyndon did is that we've got a DMU service we're calling LRT, but it can't feasibly run in the street since it corners so poorly.M1EKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12041791804881707751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-45641763002632657222007-04-25T14:10:00.000-07:002007-04-25T14:10:00.000-07:00So how do you keep the brand? And if Capital Metr...So how do you keep the brand? And if Capital Metro did do Streetcars in a reserved guideway as would be most efficient, would you not call them streetcars even if they were the smaller LRT vehicles that Portland and Tacoma use?Pantograph Trolleypolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17833159138533550544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6609536178570975752.post-9573398017318080652007-04-25T12:21:00.000-07:002007-04-25T12:21:00.000-07:00This falls into the category of "bad idea". Don't ...This falls into the category of "bad idea". Don't dilute the brand. LRT ought to be reserved-guideway; streetcar ought to be shared-guideway (when either one runs in the street - obviously you can build streetcar through the grass in places without it magically becoming LRT).<BR/><BR/>Did you see my crackplogs a while back about turning radii, BTW? Diluting the brand the other way - Lyndon Henry's band of jackasses calling this commuter rail start "light rail" means people now get the idea that light rail can't turn corners downtown (because our crappy DMU can't). Just what we need.M1EKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12041791804881707751noreply@blogger.com