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.
deleted by creator
Dedicated lanes help with that. One way streets with timed lights help with that. Express Bus Routes work the same way, and do a good job of transforming paved roads into mock-mass transit systems. Not as efficient as trams, but still better than raw traffic.
But taking a lane out of circulation drives the car culture folks nuts. It's red meat for the talk radio screaming heads. And it tends to provoke an outsized political response from upper-middle class types who think they're too good to sit on the bus. Nevermind when a city reduces fairs to increase participation among poor residents. Then it's pillared as a welfare system, which we absolutely cannot have.
laughs in Henry Ford
Crazy, yes. It's an amazing coincidence how they got ripped out practically at once.