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I could not agree more. Public transit in the Portland (Oregon) metro area was much better (easier to access, predictable, faster, weather tolerant) when they p
by Fezzik 7y ago
I could not agree more. Public transit in the Portland (Oregon) metro area was much better (easier to access, predictable, faster, weather tolerant) when they prioritized buses and had no LRT. Now that the city is all-in on LRT the bus system is neglected and under provisioned.
My other big beef with LRT is that cities are dumping hundreds-of-millions of dollars in to single use track - LRT is only used for moving people, whereas money spent on buses funds roads, which benefit all aspects of commerce. Also, on another, tangent, LRT is plagued by weather related woes - at least in Portland, if it is too hot or too cold, the trains cannot even safely run. Bring back the buses!
- cobythedog 7y ago> Bring back the buses! I think the 'red transit lane' is a step in that direction: https://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/2019/10/paint-it-red-portland-gets-first-red-transit-lane-downtown-with-more-coming.html https://www.oregonlive.com/commuting/2019/10/paint-it-red-po...
- thatfrenchguy 7y ago> buses funds roads, which benefit all aspects of commerce Thank you but no thank you. We need less money spend on inefficient roads, not more.
- noahtallen 7y agoI haven’t been here long, but I can typically grab a bus everywhere that LRT isn’t. Like the article says, busses can take you to LRT stations and there are a lot of examples of stations bus routes feed into (Gateway TC, Loyd Center, Parkrose TC)