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Originally Posted by Fuzz
What benefits over buses do street cars have, now that EV buses exist?
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Quick list (not exhaustive, of course):
- Can attach/detach LRVs together based on increasing/decreasing demand.
- LRVs generally last longer than automobiles (buses) do, thereby reducing labour cost per user.
- Track systems are safer for use in the winter than buses.
- Smoothness/fluidity of ride, level of comfort, is higher with LRVs, and ease of onboarding/offboarding is same as buses, or better.
- Dedicated (and simple) track routes are easier to navigate/understand for the rider, even moreso for non-citizens/tourists.
Overall both systems move people, that's the point. If I had a choice bewteen the two (streetcars and buses) though, I'm taking the streetcar all day everyday. Used to live in Toronto and I always actively took the streetcar over bus there. The choice comes down to what is the better long-term ROI for that municipality, of course.