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I think rail bias is a mostly US exclusive. We stigmatize the bus at every turn and every level. Since the bus is for poor people, no one wants to be associated.
The article says that the Nantes BRT line beats tramway on comfort and security. I think security would greatly depend on which neighborhood is served.
The one I've ridden (T5 in the northern suburbs of Paris) was brand new and, really, the ride quality is astoundingly low, especially above 20 pmh. Bombardier also makes rubber-tyred trams, though the system is slightly different. I've never ridden them. Sounds like comfort issues are similar to the Translohr ones. Bombardier Guided Light Transit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
One thing to keep in mind is that BRT is not the same as a bus. It's a more expensive bus, on its own dedicated lane, dolled up to resemble a streetcar as much as possible. This means that proper BRT costs nearly as much as an LRV line.
For all practical purposes, actual BRT has more in common with light rail than a standard (non-BRT) bus. Which may be why people like it more...
I find it very odd how BRT is supposed to always have its own lane (according to some Internet posters) where light rail often does not. Nantes Busway, for example, runs in mixed traffic. So I guess from that standpoint, people actually prefer regular buses as having higher quality because Nantes is fake BRT, again, according to Internet posters.
Anyone with transit chops (which isn't me) seems to consider the fake BRT Nantes Busway to be actual BRT. I agree with them and disagree with the Internet posters who consider it a regular bus.
The one I've ridden (T5 in the northern suburbs of Paris) was brand new and, really, the ride quality is astoundingly low, especially above 20 pmh. Bombardier also makes rubber-tyred trams, though the system is slightly different. I've never ridden them. Sounds like comfort issues are similar to the Translohr ones. Bombardier Guided Light Transit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Is this not a segregated streetcar? What makes the ride quality so low? Bumpy?
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