Bus or Street Car in Warsaw

Is it better to use a bus or street car to get around town in Warsaw?

We probably won't be using taxis since they don't have child carseats.

No difference, depends where you are going in the city. The same tickets work on both buses and trams.

I prefer trams, unless it's a route with only a bus on.

Trams in Warsaw are more fun and could be safer too.

Trams kill more people than buses.

It depends on where you are and where you're going. Some places are bus only others are streetcar only others are a mix. The same ticket works on both so it's not a problem. There's also the metro I'm not sure if the same ticket works on it (it used to but I haven't been in W-wa recently).

I generally prefer streetcars but to get to the old town you'll need a bus (also to Łazienki or Wilanów)

Why do you think they're safer? There are regular tram accidents, mostly collisions with cars crossing the tracks. Buses are not especially known for having accidents though a few unfortunate pedestrians have been run over by them because they go too fast and don't pay attention to the road ahead. Defensive driving isn't a thing in Poland. There was a woman run over and killed at the bus terminus last year, actually at the terminus where the buses should be hardly moving as they pull out. Unbelievable.

I like the trams but don't like the accidents. There was one I saw the aftermath of, at the junction by Kino Femina. People in the tram stop had to stay there as witnesses and a couple were vomiting at what they'd seen.

There was another one which I'd thankfully forgotten until seeing this thread. That was on al. Waszyngtona next to park Skaryszewski. We were in a taxi to the airport and went past where it had happened. The kid's bike was mangled under the wheels of the tram. The kid's body had been moved by then.


Fairly recently (post-lockdown) I was on a bus which sailed past the stop I wanted to get off at. It was going fast. After getting off I looked at the driver, to flip him the bird, and noticed that he was talking on his mobile while driving, was sweating cobs, and had eyes like saucers. The same thing happened to my OH on the same route.

A couple of weeks later, it came on the TV news that a bus on that route had gone down an embankment with two passengers killed and several injured. The driver had tested positive for amphetamines. Probably the same bloke.

Did you report him to the police like you should have so those people may not have died ?
You must feel guilty for their deaths.

Yes, together with my OH and our neighbour who is a local councillor.


Why?

You should have physically removed the bus driver from the bus but feared not to.
At least taken the keys to the bus until the cops arrived.

You'd need someone faster than a cheetah to do that.

And if you knew the slightest thing about Polish law, you'd not have made such a stupid suggestion.

I suppose trolls will be trolls.

An 11 year old was hit by a tram today in Żoliborz. Hit but didn't I think go under. It's important to only cross at the right crossing points.