Re: More Brisbane Light Rail stuff

["David & Jan Winter" <winterdspamtrap@nospam-icenet.com.au>]

Conceptually attractive, so long as there are no intersections. How did they
handle those?

I noticed in Holland locations where there were in an easement,
respectively: footpath, cycleway, road (2 lane), tramway (2 tracks),
footpath. The tramway had autonomous crossings of intersecting roads.

DW

Barry Campbell <barryC@qimr.edu.au> wrote in message
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> I went to the Brisbane Model Train thing on the weekend and the latest
> output from the BLR people caught my eye. It seems that in many places
> the new tram will run next to the kerb with the roadway being reduced to
> one lane each way. This solves the problem of traffic having to stop
> when trams stop but cuts down on the roadway usable for cars. It also
> puts paid to the idea of re using old tram tracks.
>
>
> Barry Campbell