03-08-2017, 08:35 PM
(03-08-2017, 06:23 PM)Canard Wrote: Buses are noisy, dirty and offer poor ride quality. Trains are quiet, fast and smooth. Kind of a no-brainer to me! But whatever floats your boat...
Propulsion and speed/acceleration have nothing to with mode. Ride quality is the only inherent benefit of rail you listed here, but there are exceptions even for that. Electric buses on smooth roads can be just as clean and fast and can have similar ride quality as rail. Diesel trains running on poorly maintained tracks can be just as bad as your "dirty buses".
The whole point, as others have said, is that rail cannot possibly cover every corner of any city. Buses make it possible to expand transit to a cover larger areas without the high capital/maintenance costs of rail. Do you want every local GRT/BusPlus route to be replaced by trains too?
This kind of negative attitude towards buses (or any specific transit mode) is disgusting, toxic and frankly has no place in any intelligent discussions about public transportation. See how defensive you get when others question the viability of monorail/AGT/maglev technology:
(02-27-2017, 10:29 PM)Canard Wrote: Sorry, too many years on the defensive with all the monorail haters out there (it's exhausting). Every transit technology has advantages and disadvantages.
So why do you treat buses any differently?