Looking around North America, it appears that cities hit a certain size and get rewarded with a catalogue of light rails to choose from. Not so much metros or BRT, but a a very specific looking and operating tram system. That is not the case elsewhere. RM Transit takes a look at the whether light rail is the correct fit for our very large but sparsely populated cities. He points out that Seattle is “building a metro system, but with trams,” and finds some possible alternatives elsewhere on the continent.
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