Why is LRT preferred over buses?
LRT is more comfortable for riders, quieter, has no emissions on the street, and is far superior in carrying capacity in a constrained environment such as an arterial roadway. Buses in dedicated lanes, sometimes called BRT, or bus rapid transit, could not easily accommodate 5,000 to 5,400 people the peak hour demand projected in the corridor – unless the bus ROW includes by-pass lanes at intersections/stations to allow some buses to operate express and pass local buses stopped to serve customers. To illustrate the problem, the forecasted demand would require as many as 72 buses per hour (one 18-metre long articulated bus about every 50 seconds. Even with dedicated lanes, buses operating this close together would catch up to one another and bunching would result if some of them dont operate express. Given that there are a variety of important objectives for the study corridor in addition to high quality transit such as a comfortable walking environment, attractive streetscaping, bike la
