>>1204767How are buses better at having a variable timetable than any other transport? Any transport can vary their timetable, and in fact they do all the time.
About what you're saying of "routes 4a, 4b, 4c, etc.", first off that's a pretty dumb way of organizing transportation, because excessively adapting routes to such specific demands ends up making those transports less attractive, since they won't work for you if you don't fit into those specific demand brackets. In any case, like I said, you're just talking about lines that branch out for whatever reason, again there's no "flexibility" to that, just standard branch lines which always follow the same branch route.
>not being blocked on the bus laneYou're right about that, but that's also not "flexibility", it's maneuverability which is not the same thing. Also 2nd gen trams tend to have ROWs in the road center, which minimizes those issues.
I'm not saying you're wrong per say, I'm just saying that what you describe isn't "flexibility", flexibility means being able to alter elements of the service on short notice, to me that means either changing the routes (which you want to avoid except for roadworks and such, because it confuses people and, like I said, branch lines aren't flexibility, they're regular lines with variations between them) or changing capacity, which is easier to do with trams because the same unit can be coupled to another doubling capacity without the need for more drivers which is an issue when you need more capacity on short notice.
I think what you refer to is that buses are more adaptable, not more flexible, because they can be used in very specific and low-demand situations without the need for additional infrastructure.
