Re: Federation Tramway (Canberra)

["Michael Walker" <walker@hotkey.net.au>]

>  Well appart from the fact that Canberra's streets were designed to
>have trams running down the centre of them, the idea as written above
>was to effectivly link the National Museum to the city. It would have
>been much like a government run museum, reperesnting all Australian
>city trams for all Australians.
>
Well, the residents of Canberra anyway. Don't kid yourself, with all due
respect there is more of Australia outside the ACT than inside. If it was to
genuinely represent trams for all Australians, wouldn't a sensible idea be
to put them somewhere more accessible for more Australians.  Adelaide is
probably more central and has at least one already existing line to run them
on (would boost the capacity of the system, provide a novelty which might
attract customers and is cheaper to start up as no expensive construction
costs).

Even better might be Melbourne which boasts a lot more people than Canberra
plus a large existing system to run them on. Even Sydney might have some
merit being the largest city in Australia and even has a small line to run
them on (thus the advantages of Adelaide). Melbourne and Sydney are probably
a lot more easier to get to due to the easy access via various modes of
transport compared to other cities.