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Originally Posted by M1EK
The Houston system shares almost nothing with the better BRT implementations - this isn't necessarily a bad thing as it obviously works for the people using it. Houston's system is really express buses (like our 98x series buses) - very limited stops only on either end of a long freeway route.
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Yes, like I mentioned, it resembles. I would never put Austin express buses in the same category as Houston. Using the Austin system takes LONGER than a car to get to your destination. Houston's system take SIGNIFICANTLY LESS time than a car. This is key - until that takes place, no average Austinite would switch to them.
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Originally Posted by M1EK
The fact that the freeway route is HOV is much nicer, of course, but still doesn't make it BRT like they have in other countries (the HOV lane could be backed up with carpools, for instance;
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Much nicer is an understatement. The HOV lanes almost never get backed up, its a rare incident, they are two lanes wide.
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