This page records a proposal made in August 2020. The privately financed scheme described below did not proceed. It is retained as a record of what was proposed at the time; it does not describe a current or funded project, and the figures and arrangements in it should be read as of that date No […]
How London got rid of private cars – and grew more congested than ever Britain’s biggest city has almost ground to a halt, thanks to the rise of Uber, delivery drivers – and cycle lanes. Can anything be done to end the gridlock and pollution? High Holborn on a bleak winter morning is a portrait […]
The traffic growth phenomena has been well known since the 1960’s and was the subject of the seminal “Traffic in Towns” Report, which described the mechanism like digging a ditch in a water logged field. Buchanan in that report concluded that congestion could only be resolved by providing public transport that will attract marginal car […]
After years of committed action, neither city recorded a single pedestrian fatality in 2019 Both these cities have trams networks. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/16/how-helsinki-and-oslo-cut-pedestrian-deaths-to-zero?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other They cut speed limits, changed street design, removed space for cars and generally made life harder for motorists. Now it appears the work is paying off. Two of Europe’s smaller capital cities – Oslo […]
Proposal for a Local Trams Awareness Campaign Which can be replicated nationally Background The key people by affected by traffic and resulting poor air quality are a) the school children ( no power) b) the parents ( with power) who have to drive them to school. This project mobilizes the ability of children […]
See also: https://bathtrams.uk/autonomous-cars-will-increase-congestion-british-cities/ Just 2,000 autonomous vehicles in downtown San Francisco would be enough to snarl traffic as cars will choose to “cruise” instead of pay for parking, a new analysis shows. Adam Millard-Ball, a transportation planner and an associate professor of environmental studies at UC Santa Cruz calculated the cost a self-driving car would […]
As per above the cost per passenger mile on a tram is almost half that of a bus in the US – likely the same in the UK The features below mean trams offer a higher quality of service (reliability, frequency, smoothness, comfort, speed), not forced to sit close to strangers) than buses and so […]
Bath Area Trams Association Bath Trams have achieved another major milestone in their project to have trams re-installed within Bath and Bristol connecting other areas such as Chippenham, Radstock, Midsomer Norton, Keynsham, with the explicit inclusion of trams in the plans for the Joint Local Transport Plan 4 2020-2036 from the West of England Combined […]
Come along on the 8th February to discuss how the reintroduction of trams can address these issues. LIGHT LUNCH INCLUDED! Full Agenda and background here: https://bathtrams.uk/ 8th February 2020 BRLSI 9am – Coffee and Registration 10am – Speakers BOOK NOW Trams get down very narrow streets and can share with cars UK tram […]
Above – Tram in Helsinki – note the cyclists – the one in the distance safely crossing tracks Birmingham Pinfold Street, Battery only tram gradient 1 in 10.35 Birmingham Pinfold Street, Battery only tram gradient 1 in 10.35