Which is better? Metroway or FLASH BRT

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• JJ

  @JJRol. · 1 year ago (edited)

  Thanks for some positive transit videos on the day after election day. As for the actual video, I'd say Flash is maybe better, just with connectivity, but it does lack that infrastructure. What I do think we need is BRT (or even better, metro) along Georgia Ave or 16th St in DC to Silver Spring (I might be a little biased as someone who visits Silver Spring often), but these routes are super busy. Also, one along the OR/SV corridor from Rosslyn-WFC, not necessarily along but perpendicular? While they do that, also some to PGC!

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• MR

  @mrvwbug4423 · 1 year ago (edited)

  Ironically my only experience with BRT was an actual BRT system, the LA Metro G line.  I always got a chuckle out of that one as it was actually built along the ROW of a former Pacific Electric Red Car line.  But it runs on a fully dedicated busway that even has gated level crossings like a rail line.

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• BA

  @baaareth · 1 year ago

  I go to silver spring every week and i never knew that the &quot;cooler + longer&quot; flash buses were actually a brt service, comes to show the lack of infrastructure.<br><br>Route 71 in shanghai is a &quot;true&quot; brt service.

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• SI

  @sirhaydn-1 · 5 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTcJpyJusdE&amp;t=65">1:05</a> I love how because the Silver Line is soooooo long, it’s just been drawn off the edge of the screen. XD

• SP

  @sprint113 · 1 year ago (edited)

  If I remember correctly, a lot of the existing infrastructure for Metroway was originally going to be for a streetcar system run by Arlington and then possibly extending into Alexandria. The first part was going to be along Columbia Pike but those plans lacked dedicated ROW or any other benefits over standard bus. Cost overruns, lack of obvious benefits and other things and the project got nixed in 2014, taking down the entire streetcar plan.

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• MI

  @michaelb9629 · 1 year ago

  I just heard that CARTA in Chattanooga is proposing a BRT line that would connect Brainerd Rd and the Lee Hwy Corridor. That would be exciting alright!

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• R2

  @R262vsNewport · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTcJpyJusdE&amp;t=150">2:30</a> Gotta Hate when drivers blocking the bus

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• CH

  @chief1b · 1 year ago

  Having lived in the White Oak area in the 90&apos;s, Flash is a good idea. But I agree that they should have a dedicated bus lane ESPECIALLY during rush hours. Route 29 can be a real BEAR!

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• GA

  @GabrielsFlightfreeTravels · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTcJpyJusdE&amp;t=1210">20:10</a> Yes , I agree with that . Just call it an express bus or something

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• KI

  @Kishanth.J · 1 year ago

  I live in Ottawa, which had the original Transitway in NA. I also had a fascination with BRT systems. These system look so cool.

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• NA

  @Natwenty25 · 2 months ago

  I used to ride flash every day. Sometimes it’s so busy, buses come back to back.😄

• SW

  @swinget · 1 year ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTcJpyJusdE&amp;t=720">12:00</a> look at all those chickens

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