{moderator: I want to clarify that the original article below is by Ken Gray. The reply is by an unknown David, who posted it on the citizen web site. FOTO did not write either one them}

Ottawans lined the streets of downtown today to watch the first light-rail
train travel through the city's core.

Onlookers gawked as the vehicle quickly travelled along its designated lane
behind stylish protective barriers to keep cars and trucks out of its
way. Lights changed automatically down the transit corridor to allow the
vehicle through. Gates blocked north-south car traffic as the train sped
through intersections in Ottawa's small, compact downtown.

At the south end of the line in Barrhaven, Mayor Larry O'Brien, bedecked in
engineer's hat and blowing a wooden train whistle, cut the ribbon that sent
the first train down the tracks on the $884-million north-south route. Beside
him were local MP Pierre Poilievre, Transport Minister John Baird and