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They trams where seen as old fashioned and local government decided that the new bus technology was better. And as you say towns are now putting trams back in
by walshemj 9y ago
They trams where seen as old fashioned and local government decided that the new bus technology was better.
And as you say towns are now putting trams back in - though places like Blackpool did keep theirs.
- EADGBE 9y agoKansas City has seen a resurrection of their streetcar. And people love it. It's been operational for a year and a half and has only 16 stops at this point, but has already logged 3 million riders [1]. There's a major push to expand it throughout downtown/suburbs. It's definitely a cool factor still at this point, but plenty of people who wouldn't ride the bus are going out of their way to ride that. As a local, I'm excited to see it expand. They've made public transportation sexy, efficient (100% electric), and convenient in a city where the average household has two cars and everyone drives themselves. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KC_Streetcar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KC_Streetcar