[Peakoil] Greens want ACT to go hard on light rail

[W & C Steensby]

Horses for courses. Both have their merits and demerits. I think we need both trams and trolleybuses, trams for high-density routes, trolleybuses the rest.

The LR55 tram track seems to be a great money-saver compared to traditional tracks. The overhead wires will be ugly unless some new technology has come along, all provided of course that there'll be enough affordable copper for the wires!

Regards,
Walter

On 2011/09/20, at 18:41, Keith wrote:

> If you are considering electricity-powered public transport, wouldn't trolleybuses be preferable to trams?
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> T\Although trolleybuses would use more energy, they are far more flexible as they don't require any investment in the rigid infrastructure of rails. So changing the routes would cost a fraction of re-routing tram lines. If there is an accident on the rails, trams would have to stop; trolleybuses could go around it. Trolleybuses could share much of the existing ACTION infrastructure.
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