Car free Utrecht finds buses wont work so is installing trams

Spanish Supplier CAR is providing trams for Utrecht Utrecht has a virtually car free centre and relises on buses and cycling, but studies have shown that the bus network has reached a saturation point and is no more a viable solution for the growing passenger traffic in the region. As a result, a tram network […]

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The renaissance of tramways and urban redevelopment in France

MISCELLANEA GEOGRAPHICA – REGIONAL STUDIES ON DEVELOPMENT Department of Geography, Université de Bourgogne, France e-mail: yves.boquet@u-bourgogne.fr Yves Boquet Received: 3 June 2016 Accepted: 15 March 2017 Abstract Tramways have made a remarkable comeback in France since the 1980s. An organization of public transport based on the decentralized administration system set up in the early 1980s […]

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Trams have a much higher carrying capacity than buses or cars

Note: In the above Triptych, each of the pictures has the same fixed number of people, very spread out in the cars, condensed in the tram. Expert comments from below  David Walmsley, BSc PhD CMILT MCIHT, Transport Analyst: “ TABLE 3.2 MODAL CHARACTERISTICS COMPARED  ( From the World Bank ) Mode Characteristics       Max. capacity […]

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Trams can reduce HGV freight into Cities

Above – freight tram in Dresden since 2002. Freight tram trials planned in Karslruhe Freight tram trials planned in Karslruhe Aug 22, 2020, Oliver Cuenca. THE German city of Karlsruhe, in collaboration with Karlsruhe Transport (VBK) and Albtal Transport (AVG), has announced plans to begin trials of freight-carrying LRVs and tram-trains by 2022. It is […]

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