This is in particular inspired by an upcoming OTU video where they talk about a real clamp down on development in Edmonton because people are annoyed by what appear to be fantastic multiplexes!

I mean there are so many Chinese manufacturers that don't sell here but do in other developed countries

I expect people to go and look out at the world. If you want to think clearly about things, you have to understand them well enough to define them

I think it's actually pretty important

It may well be hard for you to see.

Subway is a convenient shorthand for rapid transit. I am totally unconvinced that riders much care about how its aligned.

And the Yonge Subway was originally like 50% above ground . . .

Ok and I didn't say they didn't! Subway means grade separated transit to people, it doesn't mean a particular alignment.

Thats just not what subway means when people talk about subway. New York's "subway" Toronto's "subway", both have significant above grade sections.

I think the point of a lot of what I've been saying re. light rail is that it struggles *anywhere* to be much better than buses *to the degree* it isn't blessed with grade separation (like you often see in Germany), so I just fundamentally disagree that the TC lines were really upgrades from buses.