>>1259196> What is the difference between LRT and tram? Every time there's going to be a terminology time... Can't we all focus on the features?
Light rail (LRT): Common name for LRT
Light rail (vs intermediate/medium capacity systems, heavy rail): lower capacity railway
LRT: Mostly exclusive right-of-way and dedicated tracks (some street-running possible), more traffic signal priority, less at-grade crossings. (note: the heavier mainline rail has absolute traffic priority and fully segregated right-of-way)
Tram: Mostly street-running on grooved rails, less signal priority, less exclusive right-of-way, mostly at-grade crossings.
Streetcar: Almost all street-running on grooved rails, in mixed traffic sharing the lane, all at-grade crossings.
>>1259299> LRT is something like a metro No. That's a light metro of its own, or light rapid transit.
> Trams are usually those up to three units, sharing roads with traffic Have you seen how long articulated trams can be?
Mixed traffic is a feature of the common definition of "streetcar", less so for trams modernly.
To clear up:
Rapid transit: Fully grade-separated, high frequency. Equating it with metro causes definition issues. To illustrate this example, metro is an urban-suburban heavy rail rapid transit. For comparison, a people mover is usually an urban-only rail-based light rapid transit.
We can have such a discussion for buses as well... Stupid transit brandings confuses discourses and waste everyone's time, like what "ride-sharing" and "BRT" did to road-based transit.
