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| Modal Characteristics | Bus
| Maximum Bus
Priority | Busway
| Tram | Light Rail
| Heavy Rail |
|
Maximum efficient
capacity | 2,500 pphpd*
| 4,000 pphpd | 6,000 pphpd |
12,000 pphpd | 18,000 pphpd | 30,000 + pphpd
|
| Capital cost per route km | <£lm
| £1m-£2m | £1m-£20m
| £10m-£20m | £15m
£45m
| £100m-£250m |
Operating cost
per passenger
place km
| 3.8p-8.8p | 2.5p-5.8p | 2.5p-5p
| 1p-2.4p | 1p-2.4p | 1.5p-2.8p
|
| Average speed | 10-14 km/hr |
14-18 km/hr | 15-22 km/hr | 15-22 km/hr
| 18-40 km/hr | 18-40 km/hr |
| Reliability | Poor | Medium
| Good | Medium to Good | Good
| Very Good |
| Road space allocation | Mixed running with traffic
| Mixed running and on-road bus lanes | Totally segregated alignment required
| Mixed running and on-road tram lanes and totally segregated where available
| Very largely on segregated alignments | Totally segregated
|
| Land Use Fit | Best suited to lower density dispersed urban form
| Best suited to lower density dispersed urban form
| Best suited to high demand corridors in medium to low density areas
| Higher densities of development, or connecting denser urban centres
| Higher densities of development, or connecting denser urban centres
| Very high density urban development |
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