Is this investment somewhat extreme?

'Improving' the transport between Brum city centre and Solihull by accelerating the Climate Emergency:

• Building the UK's 5th mode of rail transport, a high speed railway when it already has the fourth mode, heavy rail.*
• Spending tens of millions in price and in weight of greenhouse gas emissions for the bus that thinks it's a tram, called Sprint when it already has regular buses.
• Spending billions in price and in weight of GHG emissions for superduper trams when it already has a good bus service.
• The UK tram promotion group (at WMCA HQ) calls the tram a "bus on rails".  Therefore, the third bus service and two different kind of railways over a distance of 12 Kms.

"Ah, but you are wrong, Mr Weller.  The three new modes of transport go through deprived areas of transport and poverty."

And multi-modal transport is a GOOD THING.  Our Andy Street says so, echoed by our man today, Richard Parker.

NOTES:

*Ultra light, Very Light Rail, Light Rail, Heavy Rail, High Speed = five!

What goes on which?:

The forgotten Capital Railway through the heart of the Black Country.

Sutton Coldfield Railway is freight only.

Kings Norton to Grand Central station was down for Light Rail Metro until 2016!  But still no commuter trains!