Bristol & Bath Area Trams Association

Bristol & Bath Area Trams Association

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  • Solving Bath’s Traffic
    • Atkins Bath Trams Report Jan 2018
    • Shorter Journey Times
    • TIG/m track costs Potential Bath Tram Maps and Rates of Return and how trams address the rural commuters
    • Trams do not have to be as expensive as recent British examples
    • Letter from a Bathonian – how trams really are different to buses
    • BATH TRAMS – CAN THEY FLY?
    • Trams are cheaper per passenger km than buses in the right circumstances
    • Trams have a much higher carrying capacity than buses or cars
    • City Trams Improve & Preserve Rural Bus Services
    • Details of LR55 tram track
    • Trams – the solution to Bath’s traffic
  • Trams in Other Cities
    • History of trams, light rail
    • Bath Horse Trams
    • Trams in Bath – 1904 – 1939
    • Midland Metro (PDF)
    • 46 tram systems since 2000
    • List of 26 WHS’s with Trams
    • List of 131 systems worldwide
  • Trams Pros
    • Trams vs. Buses in Towns
    • Trams Reduce HGVs
    • Dining Around The Tram Line – Kassel
    • Trams Cheaper to Run Than Buses Overall
    • 9 Tram Rate of Return May Be Sufficient for Private Capital According to Prof Lesley’s analysis.
    • Evidence Car Drivers will switch to Trams & not Buses – USA, UK Germany
    • Survey of car drivers negative attitudes towards buses
    • Trams can get through traffic faster than buses or cars without lane segregation due to green wave traffic light pre-emption / dynamic tram priority signalization
    • Trams Can Reduce HGVs Entering Bath
    • Tram Car Restaurant Dining and Eating as a tourist attraction
    • Modern Tram Operations Won’t Damage Vaults & Cellars
    • Why trams solve traffic congestion – but buses don’t!
  • Trams Cons
    • Impact on bicycles/cycling – danger to cyclists / risk of getting stuck in tram tracks
  • News
    • CONFERENCE: 24TH November 2018 Bath
    • News Articles
    • Forums
      • Forum Rules
  • History of Trams
    • Bath Tram Maps and Rates of Return
    • Horse-drawn Trams
    • History of trams closed, removal, withdrawal, closure, shut-down, in Bath and other British cities?
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  • North Somerset Railway Proposal

North Somerset Railway Proposal

July 2, 2020 / Dave / News
NSR aim is to enable reintroduction of national railway operations between Radstock and the Somer valley and the Network through partnerships with GWR, Network Rail, the DFt and Local Councils. https://www.northsomersetrailway.com/

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Evidence that car drivers will switch to trams but not buses – 3

7 years ago

Stats show even with no fares car drivers will not use buses in sufficient numbers to impact congestion and pollution

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Interlaced tram tracks in narrow street in Amsterdam, Liedestraat

2 years ago

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1 year ago

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U.S. Streetcar Systems – GWTP Green Wave Traffic Light Priority Status & Success Overview

4 months ago

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