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 rode the vintage streetcars in New Orleans when I visited and they are super cool. Just steel, wood, and glass. They don't have air conditioning so it was summer and all the windows were open, including what would be the windshield. The drivers wore goggles to fend off the bugs that would normally hit the windshield.