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.
The New Britain–Hartford one is costing $63 million per mile, which is way more than a lot of equivalent rail projects.”
Name one...within the past decade.