Comment 102559

By kevlahan (registered) | Posted June 17, 2014 at 10:43:28 in reply to Comment 102555

Toronto has had streetcars for years, maybe that's what your thinking about. Streetcars are not the same as modern LRT.

BRT (as opposed to express buses) does require dedicated lanes and special stops to enable riders to pay before boarding and board from multiple doors.

Please at least try to understand the terminology first: LRT is not not "streetcars" and BRT is not "express buses".

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus_rapid_t...

"To be considered BRT, buses should operate for a significant part of their journey within a fully dedicated right of way (busway) to avoid traffic congestion. In addition, a true BRT system will have most of the following elements:

Alignment in the center of the road (to avoid typical curb-side delays)

Stations with off-board fare collection (to reduce boarding and alighting delay related to paying the driver)

Station platforms level with the bus floor (to reduce boarding and alighting delay caused by steps)

Bus priority at intersections (to avoid intersection signal delay) "

You'll have to do better than "pure drivel" as an intelligent criticism of the economic arguments as laid out in three separate studies of Hamilton's system (by the city, province and McMaster) and demonstrated in dozens of cities in North America and Europe if you want to convince anyone!

Unfortunately, your comment illustrates the confusion propagated by people who claim to support BRT over LRT: many do not even know what BRT and LRT actually are!

Comment edited by kevlahan on 2014-06-17 10:46:08

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