(22 May 2022, 6:46 pm)Storx wrote Buses are buses
Trams are trams

Mixing them together doesn't work hence all Guided Busways have failed pretty much.

Just build the tram line and stop fannying around avoiding building the tramline imo. The amount of money they blow on bus lanes, bus stops, more bus lanes, more bus stops you'd be on the way to the tram anyway.

Thing with trams, is that you can't really change the route. You're restricted as to which way they go and where they go to and from. They can't go in to estates, may miss out places of employment or retail etc.

Any big changes or extensions have huge capital investment whilst roads are ripped up and tracks laid.

With buses, you have a big advantage in being able to make a change, create a new route or have a variation at essentially a moments notice to suit changing demands or flows.

Bearing all that in mind, I wonder if the powers that be within certain operators actually realise they are playing with buses and not trams?