You want, "to deliver the transformation of our transport network that is needed." I can assure you that "a sustainable mass transit system" to bring that about, means more changes and, thus delays between bus, train and, now tram. What good is that with your new, fancy-worded "sustainable, mass transit system"? Buses and trains are mass transit. Why add trams to the mix-up in the name of impressive sounding multi-modal?
Why put the "bus on rails" (UK Tram) tram on roads when you can miss out on the rails and put them straight on the roads - called electric buses?
The "bus on rails" trams simply replace buses and trains that would be more sensible to keep. And, then use the hundreds of millions of pounds saved to make the buses and trains electric and entirely fare-free, not just for some of the people, like me since I was 60 years old. But, for everyone. Why only me?!
Extend the existing fare-free public transport to the rest of the population to help recover public transport use in the wake of Covid. It would boost public transport numbers, reward drivers for leaving their cars at home and positively address the Covid, Climate, Ecological, Nature disaster that is slowly enveloping humanity.
Therefore, we are inviting you to register for the online meeting on Wednesday March 24th, 19.00 to 20.30 hours GMT, and take part in the discussion led by Wojciech Keblowski. Wojciech is a critical urban geographer working on transport and alternatives to capitalism and is based at the Free University of Brussels. He has written several articles on FFPT, which can be found here.
Register here for the Zoom meeting.
Climate Action Network West Midlands.
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