On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 5:30 PM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > Frank, > Chicago is built along the original horse-car rail lines (Milwaukee > Ave. for Chicagoans). > The horse-cars were replaced by streetcars then cars and buses. > Rail lines are charming and not often seen in N.America. > Difficult turning radii are to be expected in the cities. > Regards, Bob S.
I'm amazed that no one seems to be able to meet Toronto's small radius turning requirements. Other than Bombardier (whose light-rail commuter vehicles have been sold in Europe), all contenders are European, AFAIK (I think Siemens is one of them). One would think that in older European cities, with all those narrow streets, small turning radii would be a must! Anyway, either an existing design will be found or someone will be found who will design one, or we'll soldier on with what we have for a while longer... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
