Why American public transit is so bad | 2020 Election

> IMO streetcars in general are a pretty bad investment, as they are generally just a way of making a bus, but more expensive and stuck on rails. The value of a streetcar or a bus depends on the volume of passengers that are served. The more people, the more a streetcar (maybe) makes sense. At some point you have so many buses and so many drives (salaries, benefits, 401k/pensions) that the main cost on the line becomes people and not equipment. (More buses also need more mechanics, etc.) There is a range of average daily ridership where buses, bus rapid transit (single/double lanes), light rail, and heavy rail each make sense. * [LINK] One should also keep in mind that good transit is about networks : a random route here or there is not useful. Vox made a video outlining this: * [VIDEO] * [LINK]

But that is not a fair comparison. You need to compare moving from NY, Amsterdam,Berlin, Madrid, Shanghai, Singapore, big cities with good public transportation to any big America city [VIDEO]

I can't speak for your situation, but I can tell you that Toronto made it work. Despite the fact that the majority of the land is single-family detached housing, it seems anyone is within a 1.0 km (0.6 mile) walk of a bus stop thanks to the bus grid. See: [VIDEO] , [LINK]