Every major Canadian newspaper that publishes in the GTA had an article yesterday about the problems the fire department has with the new ROW for streetcars on St. Clair. What does it come down to? Centre poles. They cite the curb might be hard to hop, which I doubt, as well, but say the centre poles only give the fire department 6 inches of clearance.
I laugh at this because Steve Munro's said this over and over. I also sigh, because the fire trucks we have now are way too big.
so, it sounds like, even in Canada, people find reasons against public transportation.. even with the gas prices being what they are.
(Orlando's lite rail system was voted down by the state legislature saying that even after two city wide votes, we still didn't know what we REALLY wanted)