What is the point of light rail?? (Newark, Middlesex: apartment, buy)
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The light rail cars move at about the same speed automotive traffic; and are subject to stop at intersections, traffic lights, etc.
Why not just take a bus?
Capacity is higher on a LRT , it uses grade separated or traffic separated tracks for the most part and spawns massive redevelopment. Buses can't do that , however there used as feeders into the LRT system. For the most part LRT moves faster then cars , at least in Urban Jersey....and South Jersey... NJ Light Rail rarely stops at TL's.... NJ's Light Rail system is used to build the gaps between the Commuter Rail and Bus system and future wise take pressure off the bus system in Bergen , Hudson , Middlesex counties which are seeing there bus networks get very congested. New Jersey's way of running it is similar to most cities in the US , although we use more Abandoned or lightly used freight lines which are faster. Other states will use wide boulevards like Philly or Boston or Salt Lake city..
The light rail cars move at about the same speed automotive traffic; and are subject to stop at intersections, traffic lights, etc.
Why not just take a bus?
buses go through traffic, light rails skip most of it by going on railways.
for example,
a trip from bergenline ave to newport mall is like 15 minutes via lightrail during rush hour even with really bad traffic because it only has to stop at one or two lights.
a trip from bergenline ave to newport via bus would take over an hour because the bus would probably get stuck in traffic and have to stop at like 50 different traffic lights and get stuck in traffic.
People with cars simply do not like taking buses. Local buses definitely have a stigma, and in my opinion are very crappy unless you are in a highly populated area, and are going to a frequently visited area.
People with cars simply do not like taking buses. Local buses definitely have a stigma, and in my opinion are very crappy unless you are in a highly populated area, and are going to a frequently visited area.
Very true.
There is a bus I can from my town of Bogota to where my office is in Edgewater. But, the closest bus stop is a good 10 minute walk from my apartment. Then it takes a really bass-ackward route to get to Edgewater. It also runs a very limited schedule.
Or I can hop in my car, and be at work in 15 minutes. And then if I have a project keeping me there later, I can just leave when I'm done, not when the bus runs.
Newark Light Rail is like a subway. It's underground and stops at all the universities (Rutgers, NJIT, UMDNJ), along with access to Prudential Center, Newark Penn and Performing Arts Center. It does not stop for intersections since it's underground.
Newark Light Rail is like a subway. It's underground and stops at all the universities (Rutgers, NJIT, UMDNJ), along with access to Prudential Center, Newark Penn and Performing Arts Center. It does not stop for intersections since it's underground.
You could buy cheap cars for the few riders who use it, for less money than the massive infrastructire and maintenance costs of light rail.
Actually LRT in the long run is cheaper to run then buses are and is used in NJ by 80,000.
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Originally Posted by marchalimbu
Aren't light rail using electricity?
Yes for the Hudson Bergen LRT and Newark LRT systems they use 750 V DC
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Originally Posted by john_starks
that's exactly like the south jersey light rail
The Riverline is actually a Interurban line....due to the fact it runs on streets in some parts and acts like a regular Railroad in others.
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