I actually like busways, since they can shift routes when demand changes, and use existing concrete, at least on some of the routes. And they’re much cheaper.
Having said that, they still MUST be funded locally, just to keep the crap you’re talking about from getting out of control.
This busway is between Hartford [the Capital] and New Britain. *Back in the day when New Britain was the *Hardware Capital of the World....people came from everywhere to work in the factories. Presently, poor old New Britain is a wasteland of crime and drugs. No one would go there for any reason [except maybe the Museum of American Art]. Hartford in a ghost town too....sadly companies are leaving there in droves. So since there are no jobs/industry, I see no reason for anyone to commute to either destination.
It’s such a waste....especially since our state and nation is in such debt.
What are busways much cheaper than . . . ? The New Britain–Hartford one is costing $63 million per mile, which is way more than a lot of equivalent rail projects. Would you feel safe going at 80-90 mph on a roadway, even a dedicated roadway, in a bus? Then there’s winter cleanup to worry about; with railroads, that’s somewhat less of a problem since trains can push a light-enough covering of snow off the tracks, but on a busway you’re going to need snow plows and salt trucks.