t_jpegDec 13, 2023

Are trams that good (genuine question)?

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Are trams that good (genuine question)? - Lemmy.World

Sometimes when watching videos on effective ways of public transport and trams come up, I get a bit annoyed at people not addressing the fact that they seem to share the road with cars. Why do people twerk for trams so much as a form of light rail if they share the road with cars and are subject to being affected by traffic? Doesn’t that just make them rail buses without their own bus lane? Doesn’t that make them more obsolete? Why do people like them so much?

Show threadSeven
Trams are awesome, I’ve used them quite a bit in Sheffield and Valencia and in both cases they were the best solution where an underground metro wasn’t feasible.
Dec 13, 2023 at 6:09pmWeb
Show threadt_jpegDec 14, 2023
This is interesting. I was talking to someone who studies in Sheffield and they said it’s a terrible city for public transport
Show threadSevenDec 14, 2023
Maybe it’s worse now, I moved away about 15 years ago. Admittedly the trams were mostly useful for getting to specific areas and didn’t cover everything, but a lot of that is constrained by the geography there!
Show threadt_jpegDec 15, 2023
Fair. I have to visit there one time to get a good idea of it.
Show threadSevenDec 15, 2023
Go for the Tramlines festival, then.