A network which relies on people to have no other options before they're likely to use it is not a very good network! What are their frequencies, what are their travel times.... https://twitter.com/urbanophile/status/959464896160256000 …
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"Technology doesn't matter" being taken to mean "so just build buses and don't sweat the things which make them comparable to trains" is an example of the same
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Importance of "technology doesn't matter" is also about "don't expect people to flock to your 5-trips-per-day service just because it runs on tracks"
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Right, agreed. Of course tech isn't the be-all/end-all but I feel like you can spend 100s of millions on fancy BRT treatments, fight w/idiot communities about taking parking lanes, etc., or... just lay some tracks & use tech that has largely worked the same for 100 years.
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And when you make that investment in rail, it's harder to go back on promises of better service. Not impossible though, of course. The Waterfront Line in Cleveland is a great example, as
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But hopefully not the case when your rail line is well planned and well connected instead of just rushed to be built in order to be opened in time for the city's bicentennial celebration, thus also foregoing any federal funding.
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Hey, Canada Line in Vancouver was rushed to be built by the 2010 Olympics and it's a huge success! (Nevermind that cheapo cut & cover tunneling, the different track gauge which prevents sharing fleet w/other lines, and the short platforms which artificially limit capacity)
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wait what u guys used a diff track gauge? wtf lmao why
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wiki says it's 1435mm throughout...
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