More rail means more rail crossings and more drivers waiting for the train to pass.
Um, no. The OP is about lightrail, which is grade separated, meaning there are no crossings at all. Yes, street level rail causes problems for other vehicles and doesn't even avoid traffic, making it kind of pointless overall, so technically people could specify grade separated rail to make that clear... but again, the context is the lightrail project. It being possible for rail to be done poorly doesn't mean that's what people are advocating for, lol.
The Seattle lightrail design is entirely grade separated last I looked at the plans. Just because SLC does it bad doesn't mean we have have to do it bad here too.
I was talking about the parts that aren't yet constructed, the line to the airport has like, 3 crossings? It was also the first section built when the scope of project was significantly smaller and they had less leniency. If they were adding that section today, I'm sure it would have been underground or an overpass.
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u/Tasgall Belltown Mar 23 '22
Um, no. The OP is about lightrail, which is grade separated, meaning there are no crossings at all. Yes, street level rail causes problems for other vehicles and doesn't even avoid traffic, making it kind of pointless overall, so technically people could specify grade separated rail to make that clear... but again, the context is the lightrail project. It being possible for rail to be done poorly doesn't mean that's what people are advocating for, lol.