> light rail is an easy approach that is guaranteed to always be slower than street traffic. In what way? This seems clear for light rail that shares lanes wit

> light rail is an easy approach that is guaranteed to always be slower than street traffic. In what way? This seems clear for light rail that shares lanes with traffic, but that’s not always a given. Seattle light rail has quite a bit of right-of-way that is unshared with car traffic and therefore faster than car traffic during peak hours (at least for certain segments). I lived in Jena, Germany for a while and the light rail there was similar. Most of the railway was dedicated and where it was shared, rail got priority over cars (lights switched rapidly to allow rail through).