On Mon, 7 Nov 2005 11:12:17 -0000, wrote:

David Bradley said

On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 14:37:31 +0000, asdf
wrote:


Why would the level of destruction differ between a tramway and a
trolleybus scheme?

Because the tramway scheme evidently requires this destruction to
make it work, otherwise TfL wouldn't be proposing it. The Lido
junction widening is 'necessary' only to make room for a pair of
reserved tramtracks and associated segregation islands.

*snip*


A trolleybus system does NOT need this destructive and largely
self-defeating road widening

But wouldn't the trolleybus STILL need road widening if it's to be more
than just another bendy-bus with added overhead power lines?

A false assumption.

Now maybe you just happen to like bendy-buses with overhead power lines
for their own sake? But experience seems to show that simply sticking
bendy buses onto already overcrowded roads doesn't reduce congestion. I
don't see how they're going to fix that problem by just adding some ugly
power lines to the bus.

40 metre long trains, TWICE the length of bendybuses, running along Uxbridge
Road is really going to make a difference for the better or worse? Your call
to explain that one away.

David Bradley