In article , Colin
McKenzie writes
The reasons for choosing tram over trolleybus were never, in my view,
very good. They were mainly: trams are better at attracting people out
of cars, and will make it politically easier to achieve the necessary
demolitions and reductions in capacity for other motor vehicles.

The main reason for choosing trams over trolleybuses for any given
scheme is capacity. My vague memory is that the Cross-London route would
require 40tph or 130tbph to provide the same capacity; presumably the
same applies on the Uxbridge Road.

But I'm not sure there's any actual UK evidence that trams attract more
people out of cars than trolleybuses - how would you obtain it?

Again, IIRC, when Tramlink opened the shopping centre in Croydon saw
something like a 30% increase in visitors with a *decrease* in parking.

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