Sentence by sentence rebuttal requested

Dear Dan

In our last phone call you insisted that it was down to my opinion being different from the Transport experts at 16 Summer Lane.  I think you meant that my conclusion from the evidence over the last forty years is different from theirs.  Please ask that someone like Toby Rackliff at, I believe: Toby.Rackliff@wmre.org.uk might, perhaps, answer these three different ways of putting the same thought, below.  And my arguments with the photos, too further on for rebuttal - thanks!:

By the way, the Mayor's transport man on his Council of Experts Taskforce is Alistair Crisp who is "Sustrans Network Development Manager – West Midlands

Accessibility Lead | Midlands & East
Co-Chair of the Neurodiverse and Disabled (NDnD) Colleagues Network"

He wrote to me, earlier this week:  "In line with my agreement to sit on the West Midlands Journeys for Everyone Taskforce,  I cannot speak on the taskforce's behalf without prior agreement. I'm also mindful that public transport is not my specialism, this being walking, wheeling and cycling. "  (my emphasis)

In other words, the Task Force Council of Experts does not include an independent, all round, transport expert.  May I suggest Mat Taylor?
Mathew Taylor, owner of CNNCT LTD, has over 30 years experience in providing advice and support to clients and projects all over the world.
Protecting investments through excellent cost consultancy
https://www.cnnctconsultancy.com/    email:  

mt@cnnctconsultancy.com

Could he be considered for the Task Force Council of Experts?

MY POINTS FOR REBUTTAL:-

Are trams effective in getting car commuters onto them, when they would not do so if it was bus or train?

Are there more cost-effective ways which are better at reducing greenhouse gas emissions?

Where is the evidence that building tram networks on roads and railway lines gets car commuters to use public transport, rather than bus/train users switching to the new, swanky tramway?

Toby has known me for many years.  I think it was in 2013 that Toby, Peter Sargant and I met at 16 Summer Lane.  Nearly twelve years, then!