“Birmingham isn’t a big city at peak times”: How relying on buses rather than trams AND buses explains the UK’s productivity puzzle January 13, 2022 / Dave / News 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/
The planning morons allowed big box car heavy retail to setup on the cheap inaccessible land to the east Cambridge, effectively screwing the city 5 years ago
Total life-time emissions of tramways / light rail much lower than buses and busways, even taking into account construction carbon 4 years ago
Already car-free Utrecht replaces buses which do not have the necessary capacity with trams 7 years ago
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