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Many European cities have rail networks while similar-sized UK and Irish cities remain bus-dependent (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world
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[–] 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

For larger cities buses just don't have enough capacity to be a good transit system. They do have their place in smaller cities and as a complement to a tram/metro for connections where the demand isn't as high.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    I don't say trams are bad, but it's just dumb that OP seems to demonize busses that are totally fine solutions in some contexts. If you plan a new city SimCity style, sure, go for trains first. But real cities are more difficult and have a history, and it rarely makes sense to throw all of that overboard just to have the most efficient (currently) solution

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