" did say rapid transit is an approved category for public-private partnership funding.Katz said LRT is actually an idea that was pushed by a former mayor back in the 1960s.Stephen Juba, many years ago, was pushing for LRT -- but it was above grade (a monorail) while we are looking at grade.Noting several cities including Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary already have LRT, Katz said: would not it be" . . . .