"Trams should replace cars, rather than people cycling": Fears new tram route will be built on popular active travel path

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Fears new tram route will be built on popular path

"Trams should replace cars, rather than people cycling": Fears new tram route will be built on popular active travel path

​The public meeting was organised by the cycling campaign group Spokes, that has not expressed a preference between the options and says,"Whichever option the council selects, we will lobby for cycling and walking provision to be of high quality". "There is obviously real concern regarding greenery and the wildlife on line 1b. I don't think anyone can deny that," she said."It is an issue that has to be dealt with.

"The on-road option takes more people on more journeys," he told the meeting. "The trams should replace cars on the road, not pedestrians, cycles and nature in a local park. The way transport planning is done you come up with the benefits first and then you work out the costs later on. Unfortunately not a single budget or a detailed engineering report has been done on the route.

 

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