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 ( […]
From Chronicle 28th October. NOW LETS GET TRAM SYSTEMS ON TRACK Dan Norris the Metropolitan Mayor for the West of England has pub- licly stated twice his ambition (West of England Combined Authority Public Scrutiny meeting 11th October – available online) to build two tram routes in the next 10 years. Under the previous West […]
Overview Cities need to ensure efficient mobility of its citizens. Whilst historically this has been achieved via a mix of personal car use and bus networks, these modes are coming under pressure due to increasingly stringent emissions targets. On one hand, CO2 output is linked to climate change and on another, particulates and NOx […]
Ultra Light Rail Partners commissioned some work with colleagues from our School of the Built Environment in 2019 with their research demonstrating £16,500 property value uplift in Wednesbury for each km a property is located nearer to tram stop. – Here is the reference to the research on property value uplift: The value of a […]
The research shown below indicates that British workers’ productivity and their wages are held back by the poor public transport generally offered ie buses alone, rather than heavy reliance on trams or metro, with buses in a subsidiary role, as per European cities. Essentially if investors cannot have access to a large pool of […]
Hello, I worked on the Edinburgh Tram Project for nearly 6 years. The author of the dismissive article is wrong in a number of aspects. Leith was already connected to the city centre by a pretty good bus connection. However, transport planners had identified that housing demand outside the city centre was increasing and Leith […]
Above: How a tram reduces the number of cars and permits those who must drive to get around more easilly PRESS RELEASE 30/06/2021 Embargoed until July 1st Could Trams Connect Bath to Bristol and Unlock Trams for Bath And The Surrounding Area? – New Report Bath and Bristol Area Trams Association BABATA welcomes a […]
It is clear that trams are much safer than buses or cars: BBC The BBC worked from published data and found similar figures, well in favour of trams as above From: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-37949207 How does this compare to other modes of public transport? According to Andrew Braddock from UK Tram you are: 15 times safer travelling […]