ION Phase 2 - Cambridge's Light Rail Transit

[danbrotherston]

It makes me downright angry that the LRV is limited to a lower speed limit than the surrounding traffic in many places. But it kind of demonstrates what I said in another thread, our regulations for ground transport are an abject failure.

I get that it's frustrating. But transit is often slower even the best of cases. Perhaps frequency is more important than speed.

It doesn't have to be this way, in the Netherlands, transit is often faster than driving.

But ultimately, this is the case because we have not spent every last penny we have making driving faster.

But when transit is artificially slowed down more than drivers (who are less safe) that's just an added layer of spit in the face.

Edit: Yes, also frequency is freedom.