There are a lot of arguments re: America being incapable of having good railways that I dismiss more or less out of hand, and one I don't...
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Having compared both extensively, I have to say that the smoothest ride is on steel rails and at high speed
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That said--the biggest reason city buses suck is they have no exclusive ROW. Setting aside ROW is expensive and contentious...
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...and once you've gone to the trouble, you might as well lay tracks too
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You don't need ROW, just the same traffic light timing that trains get.
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>trains >traffic light timing something's not right here
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What, haven't you driven around a city with light rail in/across roads?
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That sort of rail is the second worst you could build so I prefer not to encourage it
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Yeah, well, that's the kind of thing you get when city planners decide they want passenger rail.
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More like, steel wheels require very flat rails, which is part of why train tracks are more expensive than roads.
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They also have much worse traction, which is a big problem for braking and slopes.
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