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That is an argument for buses on well-designed routes and schedules, not an argument against buses. It is like saying “that bus would be useless at the bottom
by jrflowers 6mo ago
That is an argument for buses on well-designed routes and schedules, not an argument against buses.
It is like saying “that bus would be useless at the bottom of a lake”
well, yeah. The first step would be not driving it into a lake
- cameldrv 6mo agoIt depends on the population density. You may have a perfectly well designed route for the area, but there are only so many people per hour that want to take a trip. You can delete routes and make people walk further, but that makes the trip take longer and not everyone can or wants to walk a long ways to the bus stop. Different population densities have different optimal vehicle sizes. It's the same reason a small city airport might have one or two regional jets per day serving it instead of 2 747s per week.
- jrflowers 6mo agoYep, you definitely want a range of bus sizes. Some areas are served perfectly well with a couple of these https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Minotour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Minotour