See also: https://bathtrams.uk/electric-cars-are-not-the-answer-to-air-pollution-says-top-uk-adviser/   “…about 88 per cent of London’s road traffic emission now arises from vehicle brake and tyre wear and resuspension…” Transport for London Report 10 http://content.tfl.gov.uk/travel-in-london-report-10.pdf … see the bottom of page 12, and figure 6.22 and the following text on page 163: “Although London now complies with limit values for PM10, continued reductions […]

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See Also https://bathtrams.uk/2-minute-tram-service-interval-budapest/ West Midlands by tram Bigger, better – and more frequent Your Midland Metro runs from Wolverhampton to Birmingham, so it’s perfect for getting to Bilston, Wednesbury, West Bromwich, The Hawthorns and the Jewellery Quarter. Trams run every 6-8 minutes during the day and every 15 minutes on evenings and Sundays. In Budapest […]

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The tram above centre is running without overheads, and on the right the same tram switches to overhead wires There are now numerous systems for operating trams without overhead wires. Some are linked to below: China: “CRRC supplied 20 five-module bi-directional low-floor tramcars, another 25 will follow for operation of the third line by 2023. […]

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The school run is causing 50% of traffic congestion in Bath at rush hour transitionbath.org/school-run-causing-50-traffic-congestion-bath-rush-hour/ 3 Oct 2017 – Transition Larkhall and the University of Bath have been conducting a research for the last year to understand the transport movements to the east of Bath and what residents think. The research included sampling traffic flows both in and outside school holidays, and […]

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See Also: https://bathtrams.uk/self-driving-cars-will-make-congestion-worse-2/ Its blindingly obvious that self driving cars will make congestion worse, for several reasons: Many more people will be in them creating many more vehicles on the road:  those who presently can’t afford a car, or who can’t driver such as elderly, children, drunks, parcel deliveries, nail bars, hair dressers etc. Self […]

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Note how in the above the cars are following the trams….this lead, wrongly, the authorities to think that if they got rid of trams there would be less delay for the car drivers of the time.  In fact the reverse happened, cities became mired in congestion which was worse after becuase ex tram users would […]

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Hope you can come to “Trams or Jams”, where we will present the evidence for why trams, integrated with buses, are the practical high-capacity option for Bath’s busiest corridors and can make a major contribution to reducing congestion and pollution. Trams also solve the rural commute problem. Oh and run on green energy. Oh yes […]

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To watch video click on this link.   Part way through, about 5m 29 you will see how congestion and hence pollution within the city is limited by controlling traffic lights to prevent vehicles entering until there is “space” for them.  It turns out that the cars are not delayed outside the city, any more […]

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Cities that expanded their rail systems significantly outperformed cities that only expanded bus systems in terms of transit ridership, passenger-mileage, and operating cost efficiency   Abstract There is ongoing debate over the relative advantages of rail and bus transit investments. Rail critics assert that cities which expand their bus transit systems exhibit better performance than […]

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From: https://www.urbantransportgroup.org/system/files/general-docs/WhatLightRailCanDoforCitiesMainText_0218.pdf See also: https://bathtrams.uk/buses-have-a-much-lower-modal-shift-ie-attracting-car-drivers-capability-than-trams/ https://bathtrams.uk/the-most-energy-efficient-mode-of-public-transport/ https://bathtrams.uk/2-minute-tram-service-interval-budapest/ https://bathtrams.uk/green-wave-traffic-light-pre-emption-is-usually-not-done-for-trams-ie-not-buses-says-world-bank/ https://bathtrams.uk/why-was-the-edinburgh-tram-fiasco-so-expensive-and-late/ https://bathtrams.uk/appendix-d-details-lr55-easy-install-tram-track-report/ Extract:  “Tyne & Wear Metro 4.14 The initial monitoring studies of the Metro18 noted that use of the new system by former car users, together with the accompanying large-scale reduction of bus movements in central Newcastle, had helped to reduce congestion. Between 1980 and 1984, […]

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