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"And, as someone else pointed out, without dedicated rights of way, we're really only talking about replacing plain small buses on rubber wheels with fancy (and expensive) buses on metal wheels ... that stand even less of a chance of getting through traffic jams and stalled traffic (not to mention the delivery trucks which are sure to block the tracks on a regular basis.)"

DC is not the first city in the world to deal with these issues. Signal priority, less frequent stops, and fare prepayment will make the streetcars considerably faster than buses.

As for trucks blocking the tracks if you make the penalty an immediate tow, 7 day impound, and $2000 fine this ceases to be an issue after the first couple of violations.

by Phil on Feb 10, 2012 10:40 am • link • report

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