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Originally Posted by njaohnt
Then you can't say it isn't expensive, because it is very expensive.
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Well, to attract ridership it needs to be both rapid, and above all reliable, so depending how badly the city wants its populace utilizing transit, how "expensive" it is, is a function of the quality of life for people trying to get around the city. But building better platforms and timing signals to give priority to buses is cheap compared to rigging a massive cable and necessary guideways and installing aerial platforms. dedicating existing lanes solely to buses is not much more expensive financially, though has a huge cost in terms of detriment to private and commercial vehicles that could use the lane. And building dedicated busways is obviously much more expensive, and usually requires decades to acquire the land.
The argument in Winnipeg for RT seems to centre around "yes or no" but it should be "to what extent for now".