Comment by imtringued
6 months ago
>A rail solution allows you to read, a bus throws you around everywhere and makes you sick.
I got exactly the opposite impression the first time I rode a tram in my life. The tram is really really shaky and the connection with the overhead line is flaky, leading to all sorts of strange noises.
I wonder which tram that was?
My experience has been the opposite: every vehicle on rails has offered a superior ride quality to every vehicle on rubber tires. I can't read on a bus, but on a train it's no problem.
Must be Romania...
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BmoybIi8jIQ
It's very regional.
Buses meant for right-hand drive markets like the UK, Australia and Japan are (with very few exceptions) shaky, low-entry configuration two door junk, or double-decker one door junk.
If that's what you're used to, even the most rickety light rail system will feel luxurious by comparison.
Left-hand drive low-floor buses with three doors, and articulated models with four doors, which are intended for the European market, are as a general rule much more comfortable. If the buses you normally take fit the latter description, you'll probably find the average tram worse.