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If we are comparing to a successful "subway plus bus" model, isn't light rail clearly filling the "subway" role in the model, not the "bus" role?
by ip26 7y ago
If we are comparing to a successful "subway plus bus" model, isn't light rail clearly filling the "subway" role in the model, not the "bus" role?
- franey 7y agoI got that impression, too. There wasn't much mention of bus/streetcar-plus-train transit strategy, which certainly happens in Toronto.
- ramshorns 7y agoYeah. Light rail is cheaper and slower than a subway, and more expensive and faster than buses. A single light rail line may not serve as many people as an extensive bus network, but it may supplement an existing bus network better than a short subway line would for the same cost.