The expression "LRT" is confusing because it has two distinct meanings:
| Light Rail Transit = A tramway |
| Light Rapid Transit = A busway or possibly a tramway |
It is vitally important to distinguish between these two because
they represent two totally different systems.
In the past, the use of the term "LRT" has led to expectations
of a tramway but allowed politicians to downgrade a tram project
to a bus, causing great anger and frustration. Nowadays when a
politican uses the term "LRT", one might initially suspect
an inappropriate level of ignorance, but if the term continues
to be used there are good grounds to suppose it is for reasons
of dishonesty.