Above: A bombardier tram in the 10th district of Vienna, Austria Trams are a seemingly expensive outlay for a city. They require permanent tracks and overhead wires. At least that’s how the figures can often initially appear, but there is more to it than basic installation cost. What of the energy required to operate, maintain and […]
Bicycle transport on tramway
UK Parliamentary Light Rail Group – https://www.applrguk.co.uk/ List of new trams under development – https://www.applrguk.co.uk/Tram-Tracker-Project The campaigning arm of the LRTA – Light Rail Transit Association – http://www.lrta.org/TramForward/index.php The official voice of the UK Tram industry – https://uktram.com/ Technical standards et – https://uktram.com/documents/ General facts about existing trams – https://www.thetrams.co.uk/tramsinuk.php Light Rail […]
See Also: https://bathtrams.uk/techno-economic-reasons-why-rubber-tyred-trolley-diesel-bendy-buses-can-not-compete-with-steel-wheeled-trams/ Dear Chronicle, Colin Starkey suggests the optically guided tram bus system as used in the Chinese city Zhuzhou instead of trams This is not a new idea and was installed in France in since 2001 in Rouen and Nimes. It has a number of disadvantages compared to steel wheeled trams. As is becoming increasingly […]
(In the pavement, foreground can be seen the black square of the traffic sensors which count cars) Traffic congestion and hence pollution within Zurich is limited by controlling traffic lights to prevent more vehicles entering until there is “space” for them on the roads. It turns out that the cars are not delayed outside the […]
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The successful Nottingham tram, following a recent extension, has proved so popular and successful in dealing with congestion, that a further extension is planned connecting it to Derby. <https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/route-revealed-possible-tram-extensions-2693315#comments-section>
