Re: Edinburgh tramline progress

Stimpy <stimpy1997uk@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

On Sat, 8 Nov 2008 20:41:38 +0000, Chris Tolley wrote
Stimpy wrote:
The principle should be that the buses are kept away from other traffic -
this benefits the buses without penalising other road users.

Maybe if one made the buses run on rails, that would solve the problem
nicely.

Indeed... or on segregated Busways as in Runcorn, or even on guided busways
;-)

In principle, this works OK, but in practice you need to either knock
down a lot of houses, use tunnels, or use the existing road
corridors. The first would be politically dangerous, the second
insanely expensive, and the third gets you back where we are now.
.

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