When should a city use Light Rail? Bus Rapid Transit? Something else? We dive into the similarities, differences, costs and more of these different types of transportation systems. What type of public transportation does your city have?

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A list of links to organizations/people/references mentioned here in this episode:

Costs Graph: https://www.vox.com/22534714/railroa...
La Sombrita: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/25/us...
ABQ BRT: https://urbanabq.com/2023/09/30/succe...
Density Stats: https://usa.streetsblog.org/2023/09/1...
Transit Costs: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...
RM Transit Video:    • Trackless Trams: Yet Another Gadgetbahn  
CNBC Video:    • How An Autonomous TrainBus Hybrid Co...  

Other photo/video references:
   • ART   Autonomous rail Rapid Transit  
   • City of Stirling Trackless Tram Publi...  
https://timesofmalta.com/article/pnp...
https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/20...

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
1:55 Bus Rapid Transit
14:09 Light Rail Transit
24:55 Autonomous Rapid Transit

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