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And that's because buses are THE WORST form of transportation imaginable.

Anything is better than a bus.

Buses have never been the opposite of obsolete. They were always a step backwards.

Trolleys with dedicated lanes make sense.

When travelling distances of less than 30 miles, buses are for people who hate themselves.

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You're probably American, I've learnt from HN that you have a sub par bus network there. I live in Istanbul and find buses quite pleasing. Your city design and your public transportation system are to blame.

Traffic and the comparative size of automobiles, compared to buses, means buses get stuck in congestion and delayed more readily in shared roadways. Buses almost always have to compromise with the surrounding vehicles and yeild right-of-way to others, which pretty much means they go slower, and you suffer a longer ride.

Waiting for a bus usually means waiting outdoors. There are tons of reasons why bus stops are no fun at all.

Everything need not be fun and comfortable. Publ7c transport is cheaper, safer and better for environment. Also you can only drive when driving a car, but when you are not driving the vehicle you're on you get to make use of the travel time.

Don't blame the bus, blame the system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TransMilenio

BRT doesn't fix the ride-quality issue.

A trolley is a bus with an overhead electricity supply.

Streetcars can operate on rails too, and thus are not implicitly buses.

There is evidence of this still embedded in the pavement of cities which have, or used to have, above-ground trolley systems.

Streetcars are generally not called trolleys - unless they are heritage streetcars using trolley poles, generally only in the States. Modern streetcars or trams use pantographs.

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