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Lots of good #CarBrain gems in the quotes.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't understand why it has to be buses.

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

You shouldn't be downvoted for this.

Busses are a great way to introduce some public transport on the cheap: All you really need is - well - the vehicles, enough road capacity to run them and some signs to indicate where the stop is. And you can easily tweak the network to try and optimize it as you learn more about the needs of the travelers.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I can't comment to that specific place, but buses have the advantage that they are easy to redeploy along different routes if necessary. Accomplishing the same feat with the train is extraordinarily difficult. Trains make sense along heavily populated corridors with a pre-existing need for the business.