12-01-2020, 10:15 PM
I don’t like the framing that LRT is “not built to carry people”.
It is true that it is not built to carry existing demand, which is still well within the range that can be handled by buses.
But the way it promotes intensification is by providing the ability to move people efficiently.
If that is social engineering, then so is building huge wide roads and expressways all over the place. The difference is that a public transit system can actually move everybody affordably, whereas a road system will have more trouble doing that.
It is true that it is not built to carry existing demand, which is still well within the range that can be handled by buses.
But the way it promotes intensification is by providing the ability to move people efficiently.
If that is social engineering, then so is building huge wide roads and expressways all over the place. The difference is that a public transit system can actually move everybody affordably, whereas a road system will have more trouble doing that.