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And neither does light rail. light rail is a bad investment. It is expensive and low capacity. It is 19th century technology. Building bus rapid transit makes
by barney54 11y ago
And neither does light rail. light rail is a bad investment. It is expensive and low capacity. It is 19th century technology.
Building bus rapid transit makes much more sense because it is felixible and less expensive. But politicians don't like photo ops with buses nearly as much as with trains.
- stephenboyd 11y agoThe proposal is for bus improvements and bus rapid transit as well as light rail.
- g8gggu89 11y agoThere's no drawback to buying a lot more electric buses for Seattle?
- dpark 11y agoPoliticians like trains because their constituents like trains. Buses are stuck in traffic. Light rail runs on dedicated lines. Light rail is attractive because it is more predictable. The buses in Seattle are less attractive because they suffer the same congestion and unpredictability as driving.
- superuser2 11y agoBus rapid transit specifically refers to bus lines on dedicated right-of-way. However, once you are going to the trouble of building dedicated right-of-way, the incremental cost of making it rail isn't too bad compared to the enormous efficiency/scalability of rail over buses.