Saturday 8th February 2020 – Bath Area Trams Association national conference & get together

REGISTER FOR CONFERENCE HERE: BRLSI Bath Literary and Scientific Institution, Queens Square, Bath, 9.00 coffee and registration for 10.00 start. Saturday 8th February 2020

PRESS RELEASE

FRENCH ENGINEERING GIANT TO TALK AT BATH AREA TRAMS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL CONFERENCE AND GET TOGETHER Saturday Feb 8^th.

EGIS who have reinstalled many of the 27 new French tramways ( all removed after the war), specifically and successfully to to reduce traffic and revitalise the towns, and the current extension to the Birmingham tramway ( including hill sections in sensitive areas without overhead wires) will discuss the feasibility and likely costs of re-installing them in Bath and the environs.

Other expert speakers will give their views also.

Watch this video above to see the tram LEADING the traffic in.

This is possible because trams have Green Wave Traffic Light Priority which cannot generally be applied to buses which consequently are always stuck in traffic

THE SHORT CASE FOR TRAMS

THE LONG CASE FOR TRAMS

If you would like to join in or listen to discussions about trams and their contribution to dealing with congestion there are two email forums you may wish to join:

Discussion forums

One is for those generally interested in trams and transport issues, and which is skewed towards Bath, but most of the points are relevant to other cities – https://groups.google.com/forum/#!contactowner/bathtramreintroduction

The other with more technical details is a forum aimed at national tram experts – general but all are welcome.

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!contactowner/expertsfortrams

You can join either or both. Please send email using tyningroad@gmail.com if you are interested in joining.

Obtaining information from the site

Enter your enquiry into Google but add ‘Bath Trams’ at the end e.g.

“will people switch from cars to trams Bath Trams “
“do underground utilities / services always need to be diverted for trams installation Bath Trams”

This will generally reveal the answer if it’s on this site.

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