international experience should be useful as it shows that trams can coexist with cyclists

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https://www.itdp.org/2022/08/25/better-together-rapid-transit-and-cycling-networks/?utm_source=Sustainable+Transport+e-bulletin&utm_campaign=f5ac665152-Mid_Summer_2017_eBulletin_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_fca8d7a24c-f5ac665152-135881832&mc_cid=f5ac665152&mc_eid=b2c2285fbe This new report on . They  of course help cut car journeys into city centres, thus making walking and cycling safer and more enjoyable, as they are more attractive than buses to suburban residents. The link also offers a free data source to enable cities to be compared Best

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What we need is some Keynesian thinking (how to pay for trams, amongst other things)

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John Daglish via groups.io  08:42 (6 hours ago) to main@claverton.groups.io What we need is some Keynesian thinking Richard Murphy Left-of-centre thinking has only dominated the economy for one period in history. The post-war consensus was built on the ideas of social democracy. That consensus collapsed in the 1970s. The rigidity of the post-war international economic architecture that initially […]

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Amsterdam before trams – choked with traffic

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Dick Daniel <richard@> wrote: Thought you might like this picture Brent Toderian has put on Twitter @BrentToderian A reminder that things can change with vision and political will. ajb@a-b-o-u-t.com via googlegroups.com 15 Aug 2022, 19:24 (2 days ago) to walmsleydtransport, UK, dave.andrews, Dick Whoops! Actually, David – if you look again at the bottom left of the picture, you’ll see a tram […]

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Park and Rides – Batheaston bypass as a park and ride P&R… TV video from some years back…..(Conservative Council then)

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Link to a tv video ( some years back with a Conservative Council, where the idea of converting half the Batheaston Bypass to P&R is discussed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GK3f48S8sk&t=68s Link to Press Article where the then transport minister says the idea is “interesting” ( again some years back): https://www.pressreader.com/uk/bath-chronicle/20190117/283321818563202 Link to article on down sides of P&Rs […]

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Where does the money come from for building a tram in the UK?

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When trams are discussed many of those with doubts about the idea throw up their hands in horror and say “where is the money coming from”. –  in some way they may think they will be paying for it out of their own pocket, and thus become poorer, particularly in the present environment where we […]

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