Re: [Melb] French trams for the city's Paris end

["Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au>]

Try the 96 to St Kilda. It gets priority at the crossing next to the old
Albert Park station. Now imagine that, trams not waiting for traffic lights,
all over the city.

When I used to catch the 67 from home in Glen Huntly to work in St Kilda
Road, a couple of times I used a stop watch to work out how much time was
spent on the trip, waiting for traffic lights when passengers were not
boarding or leaving the vehicle. From memory it added up to about 6-7
minutes over a 30-ish minute trip.


Daniel
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"Taliesin Walker" <taliesin@chariot.net.au> wrote in message
3a191820.3195581@news.chariot.net.au">news:3a191820.3195581@news.chariot.net.au...
> Does anyone have experinece of riding on trams that have priority? How
> noticable is the difference between this and what Melbourne has now?
>
> Tali
>
>
> On Mon, 20 Nov 2000 06:25:47 +1100, "David Lindstrom"
> <D_Lindstrom@Bigpond.com> wrote:
>
> >In today's Age:
> >http://www.theage.com.au/news/20001120/A62382-2000Nov19.html
> >
> >French trams for the city's Paris end
> >
> >By SUSHI DAS
> >TRANSPORT REPORTER
> >Monday 20 November 2000
> >
> >Trams will run along Collins Street every three minutes and parking could
be
> >banned in traffic hot spots under a radical plan by a private transport
> >operator seeking to introduce European-style tram travel in Melbourne.