Comment by hgomersall
3 days ago
Trams are much smoother than buses. I suspect that a bus can be made as comfortable as a tram with active suspension optimising ride quality, but I've never come across one. Jerky starts and stops, swinging around, kneeling for (dis)embarkation; these all make the ride unpleasant for users. Trams exclude those at the cost of additional up front infrastructure costs.
I can easily read a book on a tram. No chance on a bus (unless we want vomit all over the seats).
I agree, but I don't think that really matters. I mean nobody is going to spend millions on a tram just because it's a bit smoother.
It's a nice bonus; not a reason to build trams.
On the contrary, it's the reason we should build more trams. If the objective is to have more people using public transport, then we need to make them as nice as possible for people to use. Comfort is the user facing benefit of trams.