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A 2018 article by a sustainability academic argued trackless trams could replace both light-rail and bus rapid transit due to low cost, quick installation and low emissions. [16] Others have disputed the claims about cost and quick installations, and argued that ART is a proprietary technology with little deployment worldwide.
A trackless train for tourists in Tenerife. A trackless train — or tram (U.S. English), [1] road train, land train, [2] or parking lot train is a road-going articulated vehicle used for the transport of passengers, comprising a driving vehicle pulling one or more carriages connected by drawbar couplings, in the manner of a road-going railway train.
Trackless tram may refer to: Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit; Bi-articulated bus; Guided bus; Rubber-tyred tram; Trolleybus This page was last edited on ...
This is a list of past and present streetcar (tram), interurban, and light rail systems in the United States. System here refers to all streetcar infrastructure and rolling stock in a given metropolitan area. In many U.S. cities, the streetcar system was operated by a succession of private companies; this is not a list of streetcar operating ...
Busscar trolleybus in São Paulo, Brazil Solaris trolleybus in Landskrona, Sweden Video of a trolleybus in Ghent, Belgium. A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tram – in the 1910s and 1920s [1] – or trolley [2] [3]) is an electric bus that draws power from dual overhead wires (generally suspended from roadside posts) using spring-loaded ...
The Melbourne tram network is the longest tram system by route length. The New Orleans streetcar system was one of the first in the world and it is the oldest system still in operation. The following is a list of cities that have current tram/streetcar (including heritage trams/heritage streetcars ), or light rail systems as part of their ...
The North American English use of the term "trolley" instead of "tram" for a street railway vehicle derives from the work that Sprague did in Richmond and quickly spread elsewhere. Los Angeles built the largest electric tramway system in the world, which grew to over 1600 km of track. A horse-drawn tramway was commenced in L.A. in 1872.
Trams have been used since the 19th century, and since then, there have been various uses and designs for trams around the world. This article covers the many design types, most notably the articulated, double-decker, drop-centre, low-floor, single ended, double-ended, rubber -tired, and tram-train; and the various uses of trams, both historical and current, most notably cargo trams, a dog car ...