03-13-2022, 08:47 PM
(03-13-2022, 08:15 PM)Bytor Wrote:(03-13-2022, 07:48 PM)ijmorlan Wrote: I don’t know how many places do this, but at 2:09 in this video there is an enclosed LRT station I understand has embedded track so that buses can also use the space:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZaRfNjTPx8
Although I can’t actually find the evidence (cite) that the reason for the embedded track is so buses can use it. Hard to see why else however — it seems like it should always be cheaper to use non-embedded track than embedded.
That's Westlake Station on Seattle SoundLink's Line 1. It was part of bus tunnel that was completed in 1990. It was closed from 2005-2009 to be renovated for light rail. Busses continued to use it until 2019, though at progressively reduced amounts as LRT services increased.
Yes, that was one example I would have given, I believe Boston also had a similar situation at one point.
Plus there are many European cities which have transit plazas which include both buses and LRT.
I'm not suggesting that there isn't a cost to this, and transit vehicles can bunch. Stopping can be managed however, by having space for passing at any given stop, all actual BRT systems I'm aware of do this.
And yes, if we're talking about a short segment (say for example Duke St. from Frederick to Francis....just a random example) it's entirely feasible.