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sarchertech on Jan 26, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Cars kill cities

> Why not build new roads solely for the use of buses?

These are called railroads. One of the biggest advantage of buses over trains is that you don't need to build new infrastructure.

fennecfoxen on Jan 27, 2012 [–]

The typical bus lane is still a lot cheaper than the typical railroad installation for light rail.

sarchertech on Jan 27, 2012 | [–]

I was replying to the new roads part of

>Why not build new roads solely for the use of buses?

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