There is a widespread assumption that urban transit should develop incrementally, progressing from bus to light rail to heavy rail, with the success of each mode justifying the viability of the next. – This model of development is ahistorical, if not revisionist.  We know that historically profitable rail transit thrived long before buses arrived on the scene.  Moreover, there are essentially zero documented cases of … Continue reading The Ahistorical Vision of “Bus Before Rail”