[PRCo] Fw: Paris T3 - Tram vs. bus, practical

[Jim Holland]

"James Robinson"  wrote in message news:...
 > Hans-Joachim Zierke wrote:
 > >
 > > In December 2006, the Paris T3 streetcar line replaced buses, which
 > > had transported 50 000 passengers per day.
 > >
 > > Current passenger count: 90 000 per day.
 > >
 > > Not that bad for 19th century trolley technology, which, as we have
 > > learned here, can't brake and accelerate.
 >
 > The new light rail lines in Paris have been huge successes, running
 > practically at capacity from the day they opened.
 >
 > They are so popular, that voters on the south side of the city 
rejected the
 > expansion of a guided busway, that had already been in operation for a
 > couple of years, for a new light rail line.

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