Before buses were a thing, streetcars were necessary to haul bus-sized loads. Nowadays buses can do that and if there's room for a streetcar ROW and political will for signal priority then buses can avoid traffic just as well as streetcars can. Modern streetcars can still potentially carry heavier loads than buses since they can be longer, but unless your bus route is running say, every 5 minutes and is at or near capacity, then the extra capacity isn't really needed. But if it is, then converting a really busy bus route into streetcars can reduce labour, energy, and maintence costs. So I'd say it depends how high the current and projected passenger volume on the route is.
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Last edited by Nouvellecosse; Jun 18, 2024 at 6:19 PM.
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