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[-] gentooer@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago

Are streetcars like trams? Because over here I love taking the tram in largerish cities like Ghent, they're like busses but faster.

[-] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Yes, street cars or trolleys are essentially trams. Small, slow, go on rails in the pavement alongside cars.

[-] sukhmel@programming.dev 2 points 11 months ago

Nowadays trams can go pretty fast. Plus, a better aligned railway and a better suspension means that they became.uch more quiet.

I just hope that someday we will see more of those used in large cities

[-] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Hopefully but I’m doubtful. My city (st Louis) has burned millions in a trash can of trying to get a singular, less than 5 mile, trolley working for more than a month and failed miserably. It’s been a major embarrassment that they’ve been entirely capable of getting it to run reliably down one mostly flat, straight street.

[-] JJROKCZ@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Yes, street cars or trolleys are essentially trams. Small, slow, go on rails in the pavement alongside cars.

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