– 2 Track Costs – latest published article from www.tautonline.com www.lrta.org
Damage buses do to roads, cellars and tram tracks
Five photographs showing bus damage to Manchester Metrolink track, starting with one taken recently on Eccles New Road in Salford. The final photo is included to show the damage that buses do to roads generally. The drainage gulley is at the far end of the huge passenger-drenching puddle. Welcome aboard a third-rate form of public […]
TWAO, Transport Works Act Board, Webtag, the DFTs cost benefit program for transport infrastucure
On Wed, Sep 16, 2020 at 4:02 PM Dave Andrews <tyningroad@gmail.com> wrote: It is understood that in the standard process to obtain government funding which is available from the Public Works Loan Board, a complex process has to be gone through, including tendering by consortia and the use of Webtag, the DFTs cost benefit program, […]
PRESS RELEASE – 26 AUG ’20 – BATH TO GET FUTURISTIC OVERHEAD WIRE-FREE HYDROGEN TRAM CONGESTION BUSTER?
PRESS RELEASE – 26 AUG ’20 – 2 drop box links expire in 6 days BATH to get FUTURISTIC OVERHEAD WIRE-FREE HYDROGEN TRAM congestion buster? Doha tram TIGm overhead wire free modern heritage style trams Potential tram ring for Bath (used for initial costing purposes) – but would have radial lines linked to it Bath […]
To fill the vacuum left by WECA and the Western Gateway(s), Greater Bristol Forum for Transport and Bath Trams produces professional suite of transport plans
In the absence of WECA the West of England Combined Authority producing any coherent plans to tackle congestion, pollution and climate change, Transport Forum for Greater Bristol (TfGB) – an alliance of local campaign groups including but not limited to Bath Trams have produced their own set of integrated coherent plans covering commuting, rat run […]
TIGM
Tram, bus, trolley bus, Frieburg, mode shift facts from Bob Chard and Andrew Braddock
Dear all , OK , the issue you need to consider is what mode shares should be assumed for each possible mode. I don’t believe that if we continue to just argue about it we will come to a sensible or useful conclusion, because there are too many cleaver promoters trying to maximise their mode […]
Public Acceptability of Tram Overhead Wires
Above – tram wires strung from the Vienna Grand Opera House Various Notes from various contributors: Remember, people walking in and around cities rarely look up above the shop name on a shopfront. The see the rails and think permanence and that’s where the trams run, but never look up at the overhead wires. In […]
Structure Gauge and Dynamic Kinematic Envelope – DKE
Structure Gauge and Kinematic Envelope To ensure that the path required for the passage of trains is kept clear along the route of a railway, a “structure gauge” is imposed. This has the effect of forming a limit of building inside which no structures may intrude. The limit includes not only things like walls, bridge […]
North Somerset Railway Proposal
NSR aim is to enable reintroduction of national railway operations between Radstock and the Somer valley and the Network through partnerships with GWR, Network Rail, the DFt and Local Councils. https://www.northsomersetrailway.com/