• Baku@aussie.zoneOP
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    1 year ago

    I remember watching a video during lockdown here and melb of a dudes reaction to a news report about these ‘trackless trams’ and to this day it still sticks in my head

    “Haven’t seen the family in months, can’t go to the pub, but FUCK I CANT WAIT TO GO CATCH SOME BUSES”

    Also, this is my first post from Boost, so uhh, go easy on me!

  • nickiam2@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    Why not just spend that little bit extra and build either a BRT (which is what this actually is) with signal priority, or a real tram line with overhead wires and rails and stuff?

    • Baku@aussie.zoneOP
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      1 year ago

      Because they want to build something which sounds cool and exciting whilst not actually helping much

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      1 year ago

      A bus holds 50 people, or 70 super uncomfortably. A tram carries 3-4 times that number. As someone who started sceptical of trams when moving to Melbourne and became an avid convert, I’m cautiously optimistic.

      I wish we still had our tram network. If these can fill that niche without all the support infrastructure of a real light rail implementation, I’m in.