Urban design concept of the day
Dedicated lanes
Transit needs a dedicated ROW to move efficiently, but sometimes there isn't enough space or budget to build underground or elevated tracks, that's where streetrunning comes in. When you run a line like a tram, lightrail or BRT on the Street it is significantly cheaper to build but slower and less safe with the chance of getting stuck in traffic, hit by a car or by having a car park in front of the vehicle. This can be solved by slightly increasing costs and giving the transit it's own lane and signal priority as if cars can't drive where the transit is, then the transit can move at considerably higher speeds. Basically giving transit a dedicated transit lane on a street makes it cheaper to build but still keeps the trains fast and efficient
this is so fucking funny to me. amtrak official went full circle from pretending to be amtrak to shitposting about random things and now we're back with sudden passion for reworking urban transportation infrastructure. it's so high effort, too. u go amtrak impersonator we all love and respect u
I like to think I have always had a theme of urban design and transportation
