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Originally Posted by SAN Man
Wouldn't a streetcar that is fixed on rails and running in traffic be a slower mode of transportation from the current bus system?
Busses have the flexibility to move around traffic backups and the city can build bus pull-outs to let traffic pass by as passengers load onto the bus.
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perhaps, but they can be given right of way.
so could busses too tho.
the point of streetcars being to promote attractive, walkable neighborhoods, or improve those that exist, something los angeles desperately needs, rather than speed. unlike busses you could hop on and off more easily anywhere and you would get out at the subway if you wanted to get to dtla/union station fast.
i think its well worth a try at least, like first with a quieter street like along the main drag in los feliz, something like that, rather than start with than something much busier like say la cienega. just for proof of concept.
