tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post2286446510221225035..comments2024-02-01T04:37:41.878-05:00Comments on Cap'n Transit Rides Again: The return of the mixed-traffic streetcarCap'n Transithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057887736728828646noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-69105744557073041772014-05-14T19:28:09.461-04:002014-05-14T19:28:09.461-04:00@Neroden: yes! But beware of giving buses their ow...@Neroden: yes! But beware of giving buses their own lanes everywhere except where there's congestion, as Boston did with the Silver Lie.Alonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267294744186811858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-359497685677364062014-05-13T01:27:43.553-04:002014-05-13T01:27:43.553-04:00"Unless the street is just so narrow that you..."Unless the street is just so narrow that you can't fit a streetcar and a local access lane without shared running, the streetcar should have its own lane"<br /><br />+1<br /><br />This is the problem with most proposed new streetcars in the USA. For example, in Portland there are two light rail routes thru downtown, where one (or two) lanes have been devoted to transit, with one left for cars (and bikes). The route of the streetcar currently has 2 lanes for travel and 2 for parking on both sides. One lane could have been made transit-only.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10347867836045599809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-19202960195518403322014-05-12T13:30:10.210-04:002014-05-12T13:30:10.210-04:00The best spots I've seen for "mixed traff...The best spots I've seen for "mixed traffic streetcars" are on lines which are exclusive-right-of-way almost all the way, but have a few short segments where the street is really narrow and local access for cars is necessary.<br /><br />There's such a spot on the NJT RiverLine.<br /><br />That's the only use I can think of for mixed traffic streetcars.<br /><br />Unless the street is just so narrow that you can't fit a streetcar and a local access lane without shared running, the streetcar should have its own lane.neroden@gmailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07475686367097445497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-253849422189499762014-05-11T19:55:04.038-04:002014-05-11T19:55:04.038-04:00Of course, if you drive away most of the traffic, ...Of course, if you drive away most of the traffic, buses would ride pretty well, too.<br /><br />Streetcars make sense if the demand throughout the day is such that the added capacity of streetcars is necessary. (For example, if one had demand for a four minute bus headway that could be replaced by a six to eight minute streetcar headway, the argument for streetcars makes sense.) But, in a heavily urban environment such as Manhattan, a headway less frequent than about eight minutes, would simply cause people to walk or choose transit in a parallel corridor.busplannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02927124679758449424noreply@blogger.com