Dan416
Senior Member
I think the "rapid" part of "rapid transit" is always lost on the TTC.
EDIT: I see we think alike Scarberian LOL.
EDIT: I see we think alike Scarberian LOL.
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Well let's look to Ottawa then. I've only ever lived there in the Spring and Summer. Does their BRT grind to a halt with 20 cm of snow?Because the whole system would be crippled on a day like today if you're trying to run tight headways and rapid service. Unless the R in BRT is not important.
The subway was running slower today as well, as were the streetcars.
Some people criticism of BRT don't really make sense. BRT taking away regular traffic lanes? BRT requiring snow clearing? You can say the same things about LRT. Should all all rapid transit be underground then? I don't think so.
It's one reason why the Montreal Metro is built entirely underground or covered. With rubber tires for wheels, the Metro might be part BRT.
Here's a picture of the BRT:
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This sounds like less of a failure of BRT - a tehnology with a proven track record of success - and more a failure of Indian planning.
A lot of it has to do with the driving culture. I'm neither a traffic engineer, nor have I been to India, but I would guess that the extremely mixed traffic (to say the least!) and general disobedience of traffic rules and rights of way. IT probably made this more of a headache in Delhi than it would in other developing countries, especially in Latin America where BRTs have been extremely successful in every city that they have been implemented.