Here's how to make green #transit even greener. Put the tram tracks on a carpet of grass or sedum. 2 kms of track creates 1.5 football fields' worth of green space, reducing air pollution and urban heat island effect.

A tram-on-the-lawn thread: πŸš‹πŸŒ±πŸ§΅

1/ Milan #Milano

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And don't forget that the tracks need to be mown regularly

(Paris)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/stephen_rees/7183755731/

Mowing the tram tracks

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@StephenRees @straphanger I was wondering about that - if they had a mower attached to the tram like a cow catcher

@KevinMarks I'm thinking of a special lawnmower train with extra mowers on arms for left and right of the tracks. Those arms already exist for light trucks to mow grass along roads.

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@wonka @KevinMarks @StephenRees @straphanger

Too dangerous to whatever humans or dogs happen to be enjoying the grass. Besides, they can likely buy 20 regular cab mowers for the price of one LRV.

@artemesia Can't go very fast anyway for the mowing to be well done.

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@artemesia OTOH, using a MB Unimog, which those arms are already available for, with track wheel, which are already available, could be done without further development.

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@StephenRees @straphanger And watered! (From Kagoshima, Japan)
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I am wondering how "environmentally friendly" this really is with all the energy necessary to maintain this?