Comment by bombcar
1 day ago
They're addressing one problem, and one problem only.
Adding a bus line isn't sexy, even bus rapid transit (BRT) sounds like a wet fart. They work, they can work extremely well, but nobody gets excited about it.
This thing is just like a monorail; something worse than a bus but that sounds sexier.
Interestingly, in public policy, how sexy something sounds tends to be directly proportional to how much the public is willing to spend. It's often easier to get 10-100x the money of a bus for a rail link.
CVRT is proposed to replace existing BRT for cost, environmental, and safety reasons.
What is CVRT? I'm getting "Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked)" and though that sounds like it would be cheaper, more environmentally friendly, and safer than a bus ;) I doubt it's what you're talking about.
Hah, I used to work with a CVRT squadron (Scorpions) back in the day, so I think it was muscle memory. It should read CVLR - my apologies!