Above – tram wires in Liepzig – are they intrusive? Herewith an extract of one of Christopher Maltin’s earlier letters which followed a useful meeting with the DfT: Dear DFT, We trust you are in agreement that much of the UK’s local urban air quality is unacceptable because of the high levels of particulates and […]
Tram Green Road in Barcelona….. Background Tāmaki Makaurau Aucklandis the largest city in AotearoaNew Zealand. Home to around 1.5 million people, it has been experiencing rapid growth and now houses around 30% of the national population. Congestion is a hot topic in the media with estimates that it costs the city up to $1.3 billion (NZD) […]
This is an email from the Bath Trams Expert Discussion group following this email which was copied round in response to a posts on Bath “NextDoor” social media: See Also: https://bathtrams.uk/nottingham-tramlink-financial-background-project-history-project-procurement/ Nottingham. Could someone with knowledge of the tram give me their comments please? Did taxes go up massively? Did it cause massive disruption? How […]
In the above image, note a) the unobtrusive nature of the wires carrying renewable energy b) tram is not delayed by traffic, since this is now mainly inside the tram, and those who need to drive are following, relatively unimpeded, See Also: https://bathtrams.uk/did-the-nottingham-tram-massively-put-up-taxes-and-the-work-place-parking-levy-drive-businesses-away/? From Roger Harrison, Ex Project Director for the Tramlink Consortium, Written to a […]
Summary: ….” The Transport and Research Laboratory undertook considerable monitoring of this ( ie low bus fares) e.g. Report TRL 593. This work showed a small diversion of car trips to bus. (our emphasis – Ed.) The biggest benefit was for low income households who could make more bus journeys. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 […]
Above – an Edinburgh pre-tram bus jam. Above – a slow moving 1950s bus jam These article explains how solely relying on buses holds back a city’s economy: https://citymonitor.ai/transport/birmingham-isn-t-big-city-peak-times-how-poor-public-transport-explains-uk-s-productivity https://productivityinsightsnetwork.co.uk/2019/01/real-journey-time-real-city-size-and-the-disappearing-productivity-puzzle/
Thanks Dave The great thing about all these photos is that the newest are not only not dominated by vehicles any more, they also have a lot more people and greenery in them. These look like places for people to live and enjoy. Dick https://m.imgur.com/a/rffE0Oz Brilliant
What length of previously queuing cars woud putting a tram in that queue likely remove? (NOTE1- this article is under review – whilst the calculation and assumptions are more or less correct we are checking we have expressed the conclusion corrently, but the general drift is undoubtedly correct) (NOTE1 the selection of a 54m tram […]
The above image shows that steel wheeled trams have a far far lower lifecycle emission than cars, and also about half that at least of bus based system. To anyone following this event it should be obvious that we are heading towards a massive catastrophe for at least our grandchildren, and to some extent our […]
A Bath to Bristol street running tram through the “Saltford bottleneck” will reduce congestion not increase it. This article shows how a 103 m of tram can remove a line of previously queued cars of over 1.65 km in length and will therefore speed up the remaining car traffic. Above – provisional indicative map ( […]