Cost almost nothing to run and maintain as they are electric, last 50+ years, takes traffic off the road, can be easily automated, 10 times cheaper to build than subways and heavy rail, basically zero downsides
Trams are good, folks.
Cost almost nothing to run and maintain as they are electric, last 50+ years, takes traffic off the road, can be easily automated, 10 times cheaper to build than subways and heavy rail, basically zero downsides
Trams are good, folks.
I'm pro-tram for all the reasons you stated... buuuuuut I wouldn't go as far as to say there are no downsides, versus a bus at least. Buses are much more flexible. You can change all your routes as needed at zero additional cost. Hell you can change the routes every day if you wanted to. In the long-run trams are cheaper but up front costs are a lot more. Again, love trams, they're great and I prefer them to buses. But there are a couple downsides...
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Maybe not zero cost, but yeah, you can change routes as you need to. Like, if you want to have a parade down main street instead of a tram being inoperable, you have buses you can run along the streets to the side. But fair point about how healthy communities should be relatively static. Maybe I'm thinking of all the city builders I've played where locking yourself into something often causes regret. Whatever, I like trams better than buses anyway.