Consider: What commuters (regardless of mode) want is *reliability*, in service, travel time, & route. Speed is important for long dist but ask anyone if they want to get to their destination sometimes in 15 mins, sometimes in an hour, depends on traffic; or 30 mins every time.

You can't plan ur life arnd the promise of a fast SBS that theoretically will get u there in 20 min...IF it doesnt get stuck in traffic & Eagle Team doesnt delay it for 10 min. You *can* plan your life around a local in a dedicated, protected bus lane that WILL get u there in 40!

another thing to consider is *total* travel time, not just passenger/riding time. You must include getting *to* the mode. With cars and bikes this is effectively 0 bc they are usually at-hand. With trains and buses, there's usually an additional walk, drive, or bike ride.

So even if train/bus go fast, if you cant *get to the mode* in a reasonable time/effort, you're more inclined to pick the mode that is more immediately accessible if you have that luxury of choice. if you dont have that choice, you're worse off.

anyway, all this to say speed isn't necessarily a good KPI of transit/mobility, esp intra-city, esp if it's unreliable. focus on reliability + accessibility and you have a winning combo people will use and enjoy.