>>2062867Buses can have exclusive right-of-ways just like trains have. It's quite common on Latin America. Also light rail often doesn't have its own right-of-way and ends up getting stuck in traffic like buses do.
>>2060312Bus lanes work best when they have something to separate them from regular traffic. Even if people stop using them as regular driving lanes, delivery drivers will park in them, as will taxi cabs.
>>2057440Inflexibility, which sounds like a bad thing, but with a train on rails, you can be mostly assured that the route isn't going to change. People become regular riders when they can be assured the route won't suddenly change by a few blocks here, a few blocks there, and a loop added to the end that increases trip time by 15 minutes. When I lived in Atlanta, the transit system modified bus routes twice a year.
