Dear Cezary, Curitiba spawned the ‘anti-light rail’ movement in the USA, pointing outing to the lower cost and success of the Curitiba Bus system. The world’s first busway was built in Runcorn New Town opened in 1970, with the housing and other developments built around bus stops, and a traffic free route offering 65km/hr bus […]
TIG/m track form. Note only 12 inches / 30 cm penetration. Entire panels can easily be removed to work on buried services, or access chambers provided. TIG/m – proven in 7 locations worldwide. http://www.tig-m.com/ Dave: Your question about our track costs: This is a “track mile” unit cost used for high-level estimation of […]
Research shows that one reason for Britains poor productivity compared to Europe is lack of proper rapid public transport ie railed systems. Buses simply do not work as they do not have the capacity, speed or reliability. See also: https://bathtrams.uk/how-poor-public-transport-explains-uks-poor-productivity/ Poor public transport (buses and no trams/light rail) explains uk’s poor productivity
To see a video of trams passing in the narrow street above see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwG62_sxVME
(This is a hopeless policy, all free bus fares do is to make more bus journeys for those without cars, it does not reduce car use – DA) On Thu, 23 Mar 2023 at 11:53, Sandy Irvine <sandyirvine45@gmail.com> wrote: You might be interested in the copy below of a Facebook post I wrote critiquing the […]
MAYOR DAN NORRIS MAYOR, WEST OF ENGLAND COMBINED AUTHORITY BRISTOL LETTER FROM BATH AND BRISTOL AREA TRAMS ASSOCIATION REGARDING THE WORDING ON THE WECA MASS TRANSIT WEB PAGE, 23rd March 2023. Dear Mayor Norris, You may recall that we had a fruitful meeting last year and you were very receptive to our ideas about trams/light rail for […]
The WoE’s transport predicament We applaud Mayor Norris’s efforts to a stronger Transport Authority and bus-rail integration, both desperately needed. As is bus franchising and mass transit. It has been wrongly suggested that building tram routes causes massive disruption. But new trams routes in other cities, are opportunistic, largely not sticking to busy thoroughfares. Please […]
From Professor Lewis Lesley, 1 Mar 2023: There is a long article about Coventry in March’s New Civil Engineer, to which I have submitted the following comments: Dear Editor, The recent (March 2023) issue has a lot about rails of different sorts. Responding to the item ‘Travel Light”, no doubt the people involved in this […]
There is a good Parliamentary Select Committee Report (Summary attached) comparing the operating costs of Tramlink in Croydon and London Buses, showing that trams are about a third of the cost, primarily due to the cost of the drivers. Every time I am in London I notice that most buses have driver recruitment posters on […]