The addition of these 38 new cars will increase the number of CTrain cars to 193, more than doubling the size of its fleet since 2001.
“The addition of these new CTrain cars is an important step towards meeting the needs of Calgarians, accommodating ridership growth and introducing future four-car trains to Calgary’s LRT system,” said Mayor Dave Bronconnier.
The new cars have a number of additional features including side mounted seating (which allows for greater capacity in each of the cars) onboard video monitoring and recording, automated station announcements and full air conditioning. In addition, the cars will have interior signage that will indicate the next stop and any applicable special messages.
More than $2 billion has been invested in Calgary’s LRT system since its inception in 1981.
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I am glad for the new cars, but adding 38 new cars to an existing fleet of 155 is not "doubling" the size of the fleet - it is a 25% increase. Still significant.
ReplyDeleteWhy not go back to 1981 and state that the City has n-tupled the fleet?
The headline is misleading.
As I wrote in the second paragraph, the addition of these 38 new cars will increase the number of CTrain cars to 193, more than doubling the 83 cars that Calgary Transit had in 2001.
ReplyDelete... and more than quadrupling the numbers of CTrain cars that Calgary Transit had in 19..
ReplyDeleteIf that is the case , why you did not mentioned that in headline "Calgary Transit set to double the size of its CTrain fleet that had in 2001 "
Well, it's still a misleading headline, the original poster has a point.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with the previous comments. Indeed it is a misleading title
ReplyDeleteI still hate the fact the seats are side-mounted. Most people want to sit facing forward, and rarely have enough core strength to be able to withstand the forward/rearward forces caused by braking and acceleration.
ReplyDeleteGood thing the fleet is still mostly setup for forward/rearward facing seats.
Looks as if the "spin doctors" have been at it again. You can make statistics say whatever you want if you spin them just right.
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