Work is starting on extending the trams and its going to cause havoc to businesses, especially small independent businesses, that don't have the cashflow to prop themselves up while a road is closed to traffic for a year or longer.
I'm really not convinced that the trams are a good thing, they only replicate existing bus routes, the work in installing them is chaotic for everybody that they affect, and. unlike a bus, if the road ahead is blocked, they can't navigate around the blockage, in effect causing gridlock.
I did though, have a positive tram experience today, while on my commute to the pop up gallery, a group of school children got on, and rehearsing for a Christmas concert, gave us an impromptu rehearsal - it really did put a smile on everybody's faces - its not changed my mind about the usefulness of trams, but it was really lovely
I'm really not convinced that the trams are a good thing, they only replicate existing bus routes, the work in installing them is chaotic for everybody that they affect, and. unlike a bus, if the road ahead is blocked, they can't navigate around the blockage, in effect causing gridlock.
I did though, have a positive tram experience today, while on my commute to the pop up gallery, a group of school children got on, and rehearsing for a Christmas concert, gave us an impromptu rehearsal - it really did put a smile on everybody's faces - its not changed my mind about the usefulness of trams, but it was really lovely
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