Given the mention of "small city", I presume this is referring to Canberra: https://www.transport.act.gov.au/light-rail-project
I don't think it's a bad idea as such, particularly if you consider it planning ahead for projected growth, but there are a lot of much larger cities in Australia that could use the same money more usefully.
Building a BRT in Canberra now would be kind of pointless, since traffic jams are essentially non-existent, making ordinary buses rapid enough already.
When I lived in Canberra a year ago I noticed some backed up traffic in peak time near EPIC - however I realised there was only one car lane in each direction, and one bus lane in each direction.
I don't agree that we should always build more roads if there is traffic, but building a light rail solution when the bottleneck is one congested car lane each way seems a bit unusual.
Yes, Toronto, Australia. Obviously.
Is it even still on any rail network? I know it use to be way at the top on the Cityrail posters but a quick check now and it looks like it's been replaced with a coach service.
Sydney is doing them, and it seems okay.
Newcastle is doing a 4km line...
It could well be the Gold Coast, too, which has just finished its light rail in preparation for the Commonwealth Games next year.
Busses just plain suck.