First look at Liverpool’s new ‘glider’ bus
First look at Liverpool’s new ‘glider’ bus
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First look at Liverpool’s new ‘glider’ bus hoping to transform city’s transport
The tram-like bus should make travelling around the city much faster, cheaper, cleaner and reliable
They will fucking do anything but build proper infrastructure...
put that shit on a rail jfc
Tbf, there is a place in public transit infrastructure for busses. Trains are great, but there are routes out there that would be impractical to serve with a full size train or inefficiently expensive to build out tram rails for, but which a bus can serve effectively.
We have the South Lake Union Railcar in Seattle. Nobody rides it. And like I’m not one to blame infrastructure, but you can literally walk faster than it moves. Meanwhile there are shitloads of buses with plenty of ridership. Many fully electric with overhead wire.
Meanwhile bicyclists routinely get their wheels caught in the tracks and eat it.
I can’t imagine the efficiency of rail makes much difference in a city environment. The best argument I’ve heard for rail is that it’s more a commitment to developers that the route won’t be changed any time soon.
I don't think anyone's arguing for no busses. It's more like not only busses.
For long term investment the tram wins out in energy efficiency. If you want the next politician in power to easily be able to remove transit, the bus wins.
By building a tram line you cement into the city that it is now a transit corridor. The city can then develop more densely if needed to increase ridership or make the area more catered to pedestrians.
how is this glider any different from a regular bus?
is this where this thing being deployed?
all i see propaganda of some Liverpool based bureaucrat buying shit with taxpayer money. Is this actually beneficial?
BRT is also effective. It's rail without the rails. In areas that are car dependent, it's going to be substantially cheaper for cities to build out BRT while expanding the rail lines. In my (us) city, they're building out a pretty substantial BRT while also expanding one of the light rail lines. The BRT network currently in construction is half the price of the current light rail expansion under construction.
Buses are good but why waste money on making buses to look like trams?
Liverpool used to have elevated rail 😔
Buses are a lot more practical for residential areas than trains, and quieter too.
Im almost certain an electric tram would be quieter than a bus. The rubber tires have more friction and make more noise. The exhaust from the bus can be loud and smelly.
Yes second tier UK city buying a bus requires www.independent.co.uk to run a propaganda piece to celebrate the big W
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