See Also: https://bathtrams.uk/self-driving-cars-will-make-congestion-worse-2/ Its blindingly obvious that self driving cars will make congestion worse, for several reasons: Many more people will be in them creating many more vehicles on the road: those who presently can’t afford a car, or who can’t driver such as elderly, children, drunks, parcel deliveries, nail bars, hair dressers etc. Self […]
Note how in the above the cars are following the trams….this lead, wrongly, the authorities to think that if they got rid of trams there would be less delay for the car drivers of the time. In fact the reverse happened, cities became mired in congestion which was worse after becuase ex tram users would […]
Hope you can come to “Trams or Jams” where the evidence (not opinion) that trams are the only solution to Bath’s congestion and pollution, and that rubber tyred vehicles, ie bendy buses, super bendy buses, trams buses, trolley buses etc (as is believed by many green people) are not a solution. Trams also solve the […]
To watch video click on this link. Part way through, about 5m 29 you will see how congestion and hence pollution within the city is limited by controlling traffic lights to prevent vehicles entering until there is “space” for them. It turns out that the cars are not delayed outside the city, any more […]
Cities that expanded their rail systems significantly outperformed cities that only expanded bus systems in terms of transit ridership, passenger-mileage, and operating cost efficiency Abstract There is ongoing debate over the relative advantages of rail and bus transit investments. Rail critics assert that cities which expand their bus transit systems exhibit better performance than […]
From: https://www.urbantransportgroup.org/system/files/general-docs/WhatLightRailCanDoforCitiesMainText_0218.pdf See also: https://bathtrams.uk/buses-have-a-much-lower-modal-shift-ie-attracting-car-drivers-capability-than-trams/ https://bathtrams.uk/the-most-energy-efficient-mode-of-public-transport/ https://bathtrams.uk/2-minute-tram-service-interval-budapest/ https://bathtrams.uk/green-wave-traffic-light-pre-emption-is-usually-not-done-for-trams-ie-not-buses-says-world-bank/ https://bathtrams.uk/why-was-the-edinburgh-tram-fiasco-so-expensive-and-late/ https://bathtrams.uk/appendix-d-details-lr55-easy-install-tram-track-report/ Extract: “Tyne & Wear Metro 4.14 The initial monitoring studies of the Metro18 noted that use of the new system by former car users, together with the accompanying large-scale reduction of bus movements in central Newcastle, had helped to reduce congestion. Between 1980 and 1984, […]
Above: A battery wire free tram in Spain Transport geeks need to start speaking ‘Economese’
The image is from: Modern Light Rail as a transport solution for large cities Antero Alku, M.Sc. E-mail: antero.alku@alkutieto.fi www.kaupunkiliikenne.net http://www.kaupunkiliikenne.net/Kirja/Modern%20Light%20Rail%20basics.pdf
http://www.vtpi.org/bus_rail.pdf Abstract There is ongoing debate over the relative advantages of rail and bus transit investments. Rail critics assert that cities which expand their bus transit systems exhibit better performance than those that expand rail systems. This study examines those claims. It compares public transport performance in U.S. urban areas that expanded rail transit with […]
And note Green Wave doesn’t generally work for buses: https://bathtrams.uk/green-wave-traffic-light-pre-emption-is-usually-only-done-for-trams-ie-not-buses-says-world-bank/ Green Wave Traffic Light Pre-emption means using a central self-learning traffic control computer to set traffic lights pre-emptively, such that a tram can proceed through rush hour traffic unimpeded. This does not mean simply turning lights green when the tram arrives – you need a whole […]