> but can also go faster than traffic on the same road. That's only true in traffic jams. Due to operational restrictions on how mass transit vehicles can saf

> but can also go faster than traffic on the same road. That's only true in traffic jams. Due to operational restrictions on how mass transit vehicles can safely operate (limits on acceleration and breaking, limits on centripetal acceleration on curves, distance between stops, average dwell times, etc..) bus/tram operating speeds are only a fraction of their peak running speed, which is somewhere between 25% and 60%.