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Light rail is yesterday’s technology – the future’s BRT!

Roger Davies, Kendal LA9
16 December 2011
 

And there was me thinking dinosaurs had died out, but, no they are alive and well in Bristol.

I refer to Gavin Smith’s letter (LTT 2 Dec) trotting out once again the old mantra of the only way to seriously alter modal split is by introducing light rapid transit (LRT).

No it isn’t. For far too long, proponents of this mode have managed, like snake oil salesmen, to sell something that is inappropriate for the results they claim. Almost without exception, LRT schemes in the UK have...

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