03-15-2022, 07:37 PM
(03-15-2022, 06:19 PM)plam Wrote:(03-13-2022, 08:47 PM)danbrotherston Wrote: Yes, that was one example I would have given, I believe Boston also had a similar situation at one point.
Plus there are many European cities which have transit plazas which include both buses and LRT.
I'm not suggesting that there isn't a cost to this, and transit vehicles can bunch. Stopping can be managed however, by having space for passing at any given stop, all actual BRT systems I'm aware of do this.
And yes, if we're talking about a short segment (say for example Duke St. from Frederick to Francis....just a random example) it's entirely feasible.
Yeah, Seattle definitely has that. Pretty weird to see a train and then a bus. I do not think Boston did this. The Silver Line looks like it should be rail but is actually bus, and it's super slow, and there's switching time from electric to diesel along the line. Not my favourite.
Yeah, I've ridden the silver line. I thought it ran along their tram line, I thought it ran with the green line for a portion, but probably I am confusing it with Seattle then.
In any case, there is also San Francisco which runs a bus/tram line down market street...since they removed cars anyway.