Originally Posted by
chewybrian
If the bus ran door to door, every ten minutes, a lot of people would still not use it.
I have a book at work called Time of the Trolly by William Middleton. You'll see scores of pictures where passengers are hanging on top of the tram including the sides. The cars would run every 5 minutes during rush hour so you didn't need a schedule. I know this because that was the situation in my town. After midnight, the trams would cut back service and run one every 15 minutes! LOL.
Granted, cars were expensive back then but can it happen again? I really think it can but only if it's lightrail running every 15 minutes, will attact more passengers with added service. An argument can be made that lightrail will deplete the need for other bus lines.