Subway on the Street

Here is an interesting article about solving problems of transport in a city.

My views
I am in favor of having certain raods that are dedicated for use by buses. Cars can use these roads, but they have to pay a heavy ERP fee (but they enjoy congestion free). Here are some of my ideas:

• The bus should operate on short trips with a flat fare
• The flat fare has to be paid on entry using stored value cards (i.e. no cash payment)
• For longer distances, the commuter has to changed buses
• The buses uses dedicated roads, which are relatively congestion free

My sugestion is for a system that can take care of most commuters. People who do not have stored value cards or do not like the flat fare can take other buses that operate on a distance-based fare. Anyway, all train rides require a stored value ticket anyway, so why not make it compulsory for buses?