Indeed - we can expect the intellectual depth and rigour of this effort from the Toronto Sun :

http://www.torontosun.com/2017/02/18/toronto-needs-a-war-on-the-streetcar

The problem with online tabloids is you have to print them out to wipe your arse on them.

Tony G

On 21 Feb 2017, at 10:59 am, Matthew Geiermatthew@... [TramsDownUnder] TramsDownUnder@...> wrote:

> On 21/02/17 10:49, Greg Sutherlandgregsutherland@...

> [TramsDownUnder] wrote:

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> > http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/sydney-cbd-and-south-east-light-rail-crowding-rates-exceed-bus-and-train-crush-capacity-20170220-gugtx9.html

> >

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> And UNSW has already said they will alone take up 70% of the system

> capacity (in semester).

>

> The trams will have no slack in the system to cater for growth - growth

> that will come due to the rezonings on the area. (You have the tram now,

> your blocks of units can now be twice the size we allowed before).

>

> So the system is launching at 100% capacity and the government is still

> allowing significant increases in 'housing capacity' in the tram service

> areas on the basis that they have better transport. Transport that will

> be running at 100% from day one.

>

> Something will have to give and it's a good chance it won't be the RMS

> and their insistence that trams only cross intersections at more than 4

> minute intervals.

> The RMS roads department has already compromised system design in

> other areas to keep the cars flowing, no reason to expect they will roll

> over and accept more trams with out a fight to the death.

>

> I'm waiting for the 'war on cars' to be declared.

> (The tabloids probably already have declared it a 'war on cars', I just

> haven't noticed :-)

>

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