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Re:American trains need more than railfan nostalgia by TigeriusKirk on Saturday November 06, 2021 @01:30PM (#29132091)
Los Angeles did sort of a compromise in the San Fernando Valley. Instead of light rail, they put extra long busses on a dedicated busway. Part of the busway was an old rail line.

It's worked out pretty well. It seems to attract people who wouldn't ride metro buses, for one thing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_Line_(Los_Angeles_Metro)

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Re:American trains need more than railfan nostalgia by fulafel on Saturday November 06, 2021 @02:21PM (#29132544)
The WP article explains that it was just to work around a bill forbidding surface rail on that route.
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Re:American trains need more than railfan nostalgia by mst on Saturday November 06, 2021 @03:42PM (#29133212)
That might have been why they decided to do it but the question of return-on-investment in terms of infrastructure costs is still interesting and doesn't really depend on the underlying motivation for the choice.
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