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Short of dedicated lanes that are separated with bollards, a bus will be snarled in traffic at peak hours. Additionally, busses have much lower carrying capacit
by mehhh 7y ago
Short of dedicated lanes that are separated with bollards, a bus will be snarled in traffic at peak hours. Additionally, busses have much lower carrying capacity and higher operational costs compared to light rail or even street cars.
- flarg 7y agoIn England we do have dedicated bus lanes and famously very little room to add light rail and it works pretty well. Probably a good option for cities and buses can rerouted and powered by greener energy more easily than rail.
- pjc50 7y ago> buses can rerouted and powered by greener energy more easily than rail. ? Buses are definitely easy to reroute, but electric trains are much easier to "green". I'm slightly surprised we've not seen trolleybuses as a compromise, but I guess the wiring is too expensive. The one thing that definitely doesn't work is guided buses on separate dedicated routes.
- jlokier 7y agoIn England here. I wouldn't say the buses work pretty well - journeying on them tends to make me sick fairly consistently, unlike trains which do not. I think it is due to the bumpy roads, terrible suspension and polluted air. The difference is stark enough that I'm happy to go to work at the end of a train, underground, cycle and/or substantial walking (even in the rain), but I'm severely put off any job that requires a daily bus. After all, who wants to feel sick every day.
- LegitShady 7y agoIf there's money it's good.to plan bus corridors with future expansion for lrt if possible. Space, money, time always to balance.