[Publius]

I've been on Calgary's C-Train, the light rail system, for those who have never been there. Portland copied the concept for MAX, and it's just as successful -- and crowded. You have a wonderful city, a Canadian version of Denver.

[Alberta's Child]

The C-Train is successful primarily because you have a government up here that works on an annexation system. That allows them to plan the route extensions without having to worry about facing local opposition by an adjoining municipality.

The one complaint you hear a lot is that they should have build some parts of it underground. The on-street constraints in the downtown area really limit the capacity of the system.