05-16-2017, 08:29 AM
"You're right, that BRT *could* be good, and I think it could even be good without a tunnel, provided we were willing to take the space from single occupant cars and put it towards the BRT, but apparently that just doesn't happen. Of course, this is the goal of the BRT 'advocates'. Basically reduce and diminish until there is nothing left, then point at that and claim transit doesn't work."
BRT is great in many places. To say segregated lanes "just doesn't happen" is wrong- plenty of cities have exceptional BRT. It can be done. It is done.
And I don't see why you bring up this issue in the context of Shift. As it stands now, BRT will run in its own right-of-way. There won't be a tunnel, which means the northern line will be subject to the delays caused by trains, but it will still have its own lanes.
BRT is great in many places. To say segregated lanes "just doesn't happen" is wrong- plenty of cities have exceptional BRT. It can be done. It is done.
And I don't see why you bring up this issue in the context of Shift. As it stands now, BRT will run in its own right-of-way. There won't be a tunnel, which means the northern line will be subject to the delays caused by trains, but it will still have its own lanes.