Also, this is new york city. They famously have a major subway. I hear it could use expanded, but trams are going to have to explain why it’s better to have a third public transit option rather than just busses and subway expansion
However trams are a hell of a lot slower moving than a subway because they still have to deal with surface intersections etc. When there’s a good subway system it makes transit really fast, much faster than trams
NY’s subways are not a good system though. They’re desperately in need of improvement, are perpetually broken/down, and make travel between boroughs nearly impossible. That said, I also have no doubts that street cars in NYC would be constantly stuck behind double parked cars, Amazon delivery trucks, busses, and spontaneous influencer photoshoots.
I spent two decades of my life in NY before moving to a different city that has street cars. The street cars here are a breath of fresh air compared to NYC’s shitty transit system.
Also, this is new york city. They famously have a major subway. I hear it could use expanded, but trams are going to have to explain why it’s better to have a third public transit option rather than just busses and subway expansion
You don’t have to wait 30 minutes underground without signal in a train car with a BO problem, for one
However trams are a hell of a lot slower moving than a subway because they still have to deal with surface intersections etc. When there’s a good subway system it makes transit really fast, much faster than trams
NY’s subways are not a good system though. They’re desperately in need of improvement, are perpetually broken/down, and make travel between boroughs nearly impossible. That said, I also have no doubts that street cars in NYC would be constantly stuck behind double parked cars, Amazon delivery trucks, busses, and spontaneous influencer photoshoots.
I spent two decades of my life in NY before moving to a different city that has street cars. The street cars here are a breath of fresh air compared to NYC’s shitty transit system.