The above picture is taken from the front of a Tram in Vienna, running mixed with traffic, not being slowed by it. The trams themselves get rid of many cars because typically about 1/3 or the passengers will have been ex car drivers, and having the central traffic light computer clearing lights ahead of the […]
Lines A an B above are likely to be economic – results of assessment further down page Bath like Bristol, (or most British cities) suffers from pollution and congestion, and struggles commercially from lack of footfall caused by the difficulty and cost for persons accessing Bath who, as evidence shows, won’t use buses but […]
Nevertheless the tram system is now an outstanding success, and the new extension to Lieth is on time and on budget: for latest see: https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/edinburgh-trams-extension-newhaven-project-19248103 and https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/lessons-from-over-budget-edinburgh-tramway-inform-completion-of-line-24-05-2021/ May 27th 2021 https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/lessons-from-over-budget-edinburgh-tramway-inform-completion-of-line-24-05-2021/ Nevertheless, the tram system is now an outstanding success, and the new extension to Leith is on time and on a budget: management Fundamentally, […]
Trams reduce road traffic on average by up to 14%: the Croydon tramlink experience is that a modal shift from car use as high as 20% can be achieved. 24 – Source https://bettertransport.org.uk/sites/default/files/research-files/HoC%20Transport%20Committee%20Urban%20congestion%20-%20submission%20from%20CBT.pdf ______________________________________________________________________ Breakdown of above figures TABLE 4.5 MODAL SHIFT FOLLOWING OPENING OF CROYDON TRAMLINK Mode Users Survey Trips transferred Bus 69% 9,316,271 […]
On Thu, 16 Apr 2020, 12:05 Jenny Raggett, <jdraggett@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: Hi all I just wondered whether any of you had data on the cost of trams. I’ve got some figures for the Nice tram route 2 and even managed to find (in French) where the money came from to build it (see below). […]
Sophy Tayler 18 Apr 2020, 18:28 (11 days ago) Hi All So far what we are all doing, is pointing out the flaws to ourselves. ( we’ve done the same here in London) Our experience in SE5, when we campaigned for our re-opening railway station was that the webtag score was the be all and […]
A good overview of the renaissance of trams in France, the conclusion is a bit so so. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316573692_The_renaissance_of_tramways_and_urban_redevelopment_in_France Particularly land use transport planning integration: “The installation of the tram is seen as an opportunity for cities to redefine their projects in terms of urban planning and land use areas by rehabilitating and restructuring the urban […]
On Wed, 8 Apr 2020 at 21:05, david r https://www.forbes.com/sites/oliverwyman/2019/09/24/forget-ride-hailing-rail-is-a-citys-most-cost-effective-least-polluting-transport/ — On Thu, 9 Apr 2020, 19:58 Ian Crawford, wrote: Hi David, Great article supporting mass transit – I suspect that the increase in ride-hail especially in USA is a reflection of what the few who can afford the convenience regardless of cost, adding to pollution , […]
This page records a proposal made in August 2020. The privately financed scheme described below did not proceed. It is retained as a record of what was proposed at the time; it does not describe a current or funded project, and the figures and arrangements in it should be read as of that date No […]
How London got rid of private cars – and grew more congested than ever Britain’s biggest city has almost ground to a halt, thanks to the rise of Uber, delivery drivers – and cycle lanes. Can anything be done to end the gridlock and pollution? High Holborn on a bleak winter morning is a portrait […]