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Rail is much more reliable then buses since it doesn't compete with car congestion, plus you can make it run much more frequently, both of which are very import
by Nullabillity 11y ago
Rail is much more reliable then buses since it doesn't compete with car congestion, plus you can make it run much more frequently, both of which are very important for adoption.
- ajmurmann 11y agoTotally agree. Unless you do it like SF with its T line and have intersections that serve both train and car and give the car precedence ...
- coryrc 11y agoNot if your rail isn't grade separated. You can just as easily build grade-separated for buses or, even easier, have bus-only lanes.
- protomyth 11y ago> Rail is much more reliable then buses since it doesn't compete with car congestion That is not true in some places. MN built its light rail in such a way that interacts with normal traffic quite a lot (including killing people because of a really badly designed interaction on a former turn). I get the feeling someone in the planning office had taken no lessons from street cars.