[sustran] Streetcar again

Jean-Michel CUSSET jean-michel.cusset at let.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr
Wed Jan 29 16:29:32 JST 2003


<color><param>0100,0100,0100</param>Dear Mattias,<italic>


</italic>You can download Cliff Slater's paper "General Motors and the Demise 
of Streetcars" from this webite address :

http://www.lava.net/cslater/TQ.HTM


To-day the discussion in the US is not about the demise of the streetcars 
but the renewal of light rail ! This is a "big" debate about the faisability of 
light rail projects. In France the renewal of 'trams' appears in a different 
context.

In my opinion light rail system is quite suited to several cities but it is not 
a panacea. Light rail, as tram before, is a rather 'romantic' public transport 
system but this aspect is not included in the project evaluation ex ante.


Best wishes


Jean Michel

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Jean Michel CUSSET
Directeur de recherche au CNRS
Laboratoire d'Economie des Transports
e-mail : jean-michel.cusset at let.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr
Tél (33) 4 72 72 64 49  fax (33) 4 72 72 64 48



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