Seattle is putting up $50B for transit
I for one, am extremely dissapointed with the concept of &quot;bus rapid transit&quot;. I live in Prague, and so I experience all three froms of mass transit: metro(subway), tram, and bus. Busses are extremely uncomfortable. They rock as they drive, and they have really awful seating arangements due to the need for tall wheel wells. I don&#x27;t see the point in including busses as a part of a modern system. They also have a much shorter lifespan, and have horible gas milage&#x2F;electric efficiency compared to tram cars which last over 50 years. I think that busses are only included in the system due to the convenience of not having to have a line to the depo, and perhaps the corruption of the consultants involved.<p>As Americans, you may have this impression that mass transit is a horrible thing for poor people. That impression comes from busses, where the bus is rocking around so much that you cannot whip out your cellphone and read on the way to work(one of the big advantages of mass transit over a car). Trams, however, are very comfortable. The floor is always extremely stable, you can comfortably read or do work on your laptop. You no longer feel the stress of driving and your commute can become a &quot;free time&quot; part of your day, rather than a stressfull period between home and work.