People like trains better than buses because most city buses suck. And part of that is corruption and lack of competition.
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Replying to @peroxycarbonate @380kmh
But there's no *inherent* reason why a bus has to be a worse experience than a train. If anything pneumatic tires give a nicer ride.
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Replying to @peroxycarbonate
Pneumatic tires do not give a nicer ride, even on dedicated rubber-tire guideways...let alone pothole-ridden streets
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Replying to @380kmh
Having compared both extensively, I have to say that the smoothest ride is on steel rails and at high speed
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Replying to @380kmh
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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Replying to @380kmh
You don't need ROW, just the same traffic light timing that trains get.
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Replying to @peroxycarbonate @380kmh
And ripping out asphalt and putting in tracks in the middle of a road is expensive and dumb and shuts down roads during construction.
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Replying to @peroxycarbonate
Almost like you should have a designated ROW that's not in the middle of a road
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Replying to @380kmh
Sure, but you still need to cross roads unless the tracks are elevated. (which is more expensive)
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Ya, but level crossings disrupt much less than median running--also, can be later replaced with viaduct (as Tokyo has been doing gradually)
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