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    1. Perpetually Tired Phillennium Line  😴 👶‏ @PhillenniumLine Feb 2
      Replying to @380kmh

      The solution, IMO, is to actually build infrastructure bthat guarantees dedicated ROW. That doesn't necessarily mean trains, but painted bus lanes on just some sections of a bus route aren't cutting it.

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    2. Perpetually Tired Phillennium Line  😴 👶‏ @PhillenniumLine Feb 2
      Replying to @PhillenniumLine @380kmh

      And frankly, I think we planners need to move away from this weird acceptance that "bus is just as good as rail" when in most cases that is plainly untrue. You need to invest so much to ensure a fully efficient network that rail seems like a better investment in comparison.

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    3. Perpetually Tired Phillennium Line  😴 👶‏ @PhillenniumLine Feb 2
      Replying to @PhillenniumLine @380kmh

      Which is to say nothing of the relative comfort and overall better experience of riding a train vs a bus. I think planners have drunk a bit too much of the Jarrett Walker "technology doesn't matter" Kool-Aid.

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    4. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Feb 2
      Replying to @PhillenniumLine

      Technology doesn't matter as much as many think, but it matters more than zero--I think the problem isn't too much buy-in to that idea as it is a very literal, incurious application of heuristics ("frequency is good") as hard rules ("operate 4/hr and no more")

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    5. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Feb 2
      Replying to @380kmh

      "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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    6. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Feb 2
      Replying to @380kmh

      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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    7. Perpetually Tired Phillennium Line  😴 👶‏ @PhillenniumLine Feb 2
      Replying to @380kmh

      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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    8. Perpetually Tired Phillennium Line  😴 👶‏ @PhillenniumLine Feb 2
      Replying to @PhillenniumLine @380kmh

      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 @TomHorsman knows well.

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    9. Tom Horsman‏ @TomHorsman Feb 2
      Replying to @PhillenniumLine @380kmh

      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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    10. Perpetually Tired Phillennium Line  😴 👶‏ @PhillenniumLine Feb 2
      Replying to @TomHorsman @380kmh

      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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      Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Feb 2
      Replying to @PhillenniumLine @TomHorsman

      wait what u guys used a diff track gauge? wtf lmao why

      9:24 AM - 2 Feb 2018
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        2. Haunted Forrest  🌲‏ @380kmh Feb 2
          Replying to @380kmh @TomHorsman

          wiki says it's 1435mm throughout...

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        3. Perpetually Tired Phillennium Line  😴 👶‏ @PhillenniumLine Feb 2
          Replying to @380kmh @TomHorsman

          Well maybe it's not the gauge then, but there's some reason we can't use the same rolling stock and it's ridiculous.

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        4. Perpetually Tired Phillennium Line  😴 👶‏ @PhillenniumLine Feb 2
          Replying to @PhillenniumLine @380kmh @TomHorsman

          But now I'm curious and slightly embarrassed that I don't know why...

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        1. Perpetually Tired Phillennium Line  😴 👶‏ @PhillenniumLine Feb 2
          Replying to @380kmh @TomHorsman

          Because super awesome PPP project, dude! Which affects everything from the capacity all the way down to the colour of the signage, which we have struggled to change due to the overly complicated project agreement.

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