Re: Baltimore Light Rail speed was Rail Re: [NSW, Ci-tyra-il] Airport Link

[Evad Rehtona <davemclAXETHIS@iprolink.co.nz>]

Clark F. Morris, Jr. wrote:
 
> I rode the Baltimore Light Rail Line from the airport to Penn Station. I
> find it difficult to believe that a cab couldn't beat it during most
> times of the day and maybe even in the rush hour.  

A few weeks ago, Manchester in the UK opened its second light rail line,
and there have been many similar complaints about how damned slow it is.
And as with Baltimore, the traffic lights don't seem to be co-ordinated
to give the trams preference.

Yet these lines don't have to be slow. The new tramway in Croydon,
London, reportedly operates at a decent speed, while the trams on the
Tuen Mun system in Hong Kong (which has similar characteristics to the
Baltimore and Manchester systems) travel at a snappy pace indeed.


David McLoughlin
Auckland New Zealand