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Light Rail: is it worth paying for? 2000
It is argued that the appraisal of light rail proposals in the UK should be extended beyond the quantifiable transport impacts. Promoters should integrate proposed light rail schemes with land use development and regeneration proposals, and other wider aspects of transport.
The paper makes specific reference to systems that had been proposed in the 1980s and realised by 2000:
- Manchester Metrolink
- Midland Metro
- Croydon Tramlink
- Tyne and Wear Metro
- Sheffield Supertram
Many other schemes were put forward in the 1980s, but only a further two of these had materialised by 2020:
- Edinburgh
- Nottingham
- Aberdeen
- Belfast (preferring a BRT system instead)
- Bradford
- Bristol
- Cardiff
- Chester
- Cleveland
- Dartford
- Doncaster
- Glasgow
- Gloucester
- Hull
- Leeds
- Leicester
- Liverpool
- Medway Towns
- Portsmouth
- Sunderland
- Swansea
- Washington
| Paper Title | Light rail: is it worth paying for? |
|---|---|
| Paper Author | Tim Pharoah and Tim Smith |
| Conference Details | AET annual conference Cambridge 11th September 2000 |
keywords
Light rail, tram, public transport planning, transit planning
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- List of light rail schemes mooted in late 1980s, and outcomes by 2011
- Light rail: is it worth paying for?
- Presentation: Light Rail: Is it worth paying for? pdf Tim Pharoah, Tim Smith