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Thursday, February 08, 2007
A Tram
Zoe (winner of the 2005 and 2006 Bloggie Awards as Best European Blogger) posted a photo of a tram on her blog today. She lives in Belgium and normally commutes to work via tram or via tram and something else.
It's obviously some species of train since it runs on a train-like track and the cables overhead indicate that it's powered by electricity. I've never seen one myself but I suspect the closest USA approximation would be the now mostly defunct streetcars that were once popular several years ago. In fact, aren't the famous San Francisco cable cars an example of the breed?
Personally I think more USA cities would benefit from mass transportation like this. It would help ease the commuting gridlock that paralyzes too many large cities during rush hours while at the same time saving massive amounts of gasoline.
It's obviously some species of train since it runs on a train-like track and the cables overhead indicate that it's powered by electricity. I've never seen one myself but I suspect the closest USA approximation would be the now mostly defunct streetcars that were once popular several years ago. In fact, aren't the famous San Francisco cable cars an example of the breed?
Personally I think more USA cities would benefit from mass transportation like this. It would help ease the commuting gridlock that paralyzes too many large cities during rush hours while at the same time saving massive amounts of gasoline.
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