Bicycle transport on tramway
Bikes in Trams
Websites for UK Tram organisations
UK Parliamentary Light Rail Group – https://www.applrguk.co.uk/ List of new trams under development – https://www.applrguk.co.uk/Tram-Tracker-Project The campaigning arm of the LRTA – Light Rail Transit Association – http://www.lrta.org/TramForward/index.php The official voice of the UK Tram industry – https://uktram.com/ Technical standards et – https://uktram.com/documents/ General facts about existing trams – https://www.thetrams.co.uk/tramsinuk.php Light Rail […]
Chinese guided bus busway trackless trams 9th in sequence of tram letters in Bath Chronicle. Chinese tram bus – why rubber tyred tram buses don’t work
See Also: https://bathtrams.uk/techno-economic-reasons-why-rubber-tyred-trolley-diesel-bendy-buses-can-not-compete-with-steel-wheeled-trams/ Dear Chronicle, Colin Starkey suggests the optically guided tram bus system as used in the Chinese city Zhuzhou instead of trams This is not a new idea and was installed in France in since 2001 in Rouen and Nimes. It has a number of disadvantages compared to steel wheeled trams. As is becoming increasingly […]
Bath could at a stroke fix congestion and pollution, by copying Zurich’s traffic rationing system
(In the pavement, foreground can be seen the black square of the traffic sensors which count cars) Traffic congestion and hence pollution within Zurich is limited by controlling traffic lights to prevent more vehicles entering until there is “space” for them on the roads. It turns out that the cars are not delayed outside the […]
Letter Western Daily Press Chinese tram bus has many issues
Second letter with data why the so called link road for Bath is not needed and won’t cut congestion
Article in Bath Chronicle discussing WECA funding for Bath / Bristol trams
8th in sequence of tram letters in Bath Chronicle Chinese tram bus
https://bathtrams.uk/8th-in-sequence-of-tram-letters-in-bath-chronicle-chinese-tram-bus-why-rubber-tyred-tram-buses-dont-work/
As in the Edinburgh and Nottingham tram re-installs there is always a popular clamour to extend them
The successful Nottingham tram, following a recent extension, has proved so popular and successful in dealing with congestion, that a further extension is planned connecting it to Derby. <https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/route-revealed-possible-tram-extensions-2693315#comments-section>
Chines trackless trams, guided busway reasons why rubber tyred trolley, diesel, bendy, buses, cannot compete with steel wheeled trams
Why trams not buses are the backbone to most low traffic and congestion cities See also: https://bathtrams.uk/8th-in-sequence-of-tram-letters-in-bath-chronicle-chinese-tram-bus-why-rubber-tyred-tram-buses-dont-work/ It is worth explaining the fundamental engineering differences between a steel wheeled light rail or tram and a rubber tyred bus (whether battery, trolley, diesel, or electric, Chinese Zhouzou tram bus) and why trams are nearly always the […]