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Australian Cities Use Lrt to Combat Sprawl THE INTERNATIONAL LIGHT RAIL MAGAZINE www.lrta.org www.tautonline.com APRIL 2018 NO. 964 AUSTRALIAN CITIES usE lrt TO COMBAT SPraWL UK engineers debate fleet maintenance and safety German cities reject free transport plan US budget proposal threatens funding Montréal: 67km light metro work begins LRV orders Haddon 04> £4.60 Review and analysis Victoria’s working of the world market tram museum 9 771460 832067 Musée du Transport Urbains BRUSSELS 17-18 May 2018 EU Light Rail brings together opinion-formers and decision-makers for two days of open debate around the role of technology in the development of sustainable urban travel. With presentations and exhibitions from some of the industry’s most innovative suppliers and service providers, this unique event also includes technical visits and over eight hours of networking sessions. To discuss how you can be part of this event, call +44 (0)1733 367610 or visit www.mainspring.com/events 2 days of interactive debates 8 hours of dedicated networking time TOPICS INCLUDE: > Advancements in driver safety systems > Tram and LRV Design: Past, Present and Future > Condition-based maintenance and monitoring > Utr echt: A case study in high-floor to low-floor conversion > V ienna: Lessons in tramway and metro energy efficiency > Softw are solutions for infrastructure, depots and the OCC > The future for tramway signalling > Urban transit’s role in the ‘Smart City’ > Enhancing the customer experience ...and more CONTENTS 130 T he official journal of the Light Rail Transit Association APRIL 2018 Vol. 81 No. 964 www.tautonline.com EDITORIAL EDITOR – Simon Johnston [email protected] ASSOCIATE EDITOr – Tony Streeter [email protected] WORLDWIDE EDITOR – Michael Taplin 136 [email protected] NEWS EDITOr – John Symons [email protected] SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR – Neil Pulling WORLDWIDE CONTRIBUTORS T ony Bailey, Richard Felski, Ed Havens, Andrew Moglestue, Paul Nicholson, Herbert Pence, Mike Russell, Nikolai Semyonov, Alain Senut, Vic Simons, Witold Urbanowicz, Bill Vigrass, 142 Thomas Wagner, Rick Wilson NEWS 124 PRODUCTION – Lanna Blyth AUSTRALIA SPECIAL FOCUS T el: +44 (0)1733 367604 German cities reject suggestions of free [email protected] public transport; US draft budget causes GOLD COAST READY FOR THE GAMES 134 DESIGN – Debbie Nolan uncertainty for LRT projects; Montréal light With Stage 2 open for the Commonwealth metro works to begin in April; Munich's ADVertiSING Games, thoughts are turning to Stage 3. COMMERCIAL ManageR – Geoff Butler EUR5.5bn urban rail masterplan. Tel: +44 (0)1733 367610 CONNECTING CANBERRA 136 [email protected] LRT ROLLING STOCK EXCELLENCE 128 Australia’s capital is in the final stages of its PUBLISHER – Matt Johnston Howard Johnston summarises the key points first tram project, to open later this year. from the latest LRT Excellence Day. Tramways & Urban Transit 13 Orton Enterprise Centre, Bakewell Road, S UN, SAND, SEA AND lrt 138 Peterborough PE2 6XU, UK ROLLING STOCK MARKET ANALYSIS 130 Newcastle is undergoing a transformation, Tramways & Urban Transit is published by Mainspring Michael Taplin looks ahead at the current with light rail at its heart. tram and LRV order books and makes his on behalf of the LRTA on the third Friday of each month preceding the cover date. predictions for rolling stock investment. RELINKING ADELAIDE 140 This South Australian city is taking steps W ORLDWIDE REVIEW 150 to reinstate its once-extensive tramway. Avignon councillors agree to extend PRINT AND DISTRIBUTION tramline; Würzburg looks to replace entire SYSTEMS FACTFILE: SYDNEY 142 Warners (Midlands) plc, Bourne, Lincs PE10 9PH, UK fleet; Test running begins on Izmir’s Konak Neil Pulling explores the NSW capital and LRTA MEMBERSHIP (with TAUT subscription) tramline; Transport for London fare income its existing network – and looks forward to Tramways & Urban Transit is sent free to all paid-up projected to fall below expectations. the exciting new tram and metro projects. members of the Light Rail Transit Association. MAILBox 155 CLA SSIC TRAMS: HADDON MUSEUM 156 SUBSCriPTIONS, MEMBERSHIP ENQUIRIES Questioning Wellington’s ‘progress’; Mike Russell concludes his trilogy with a A ND BACK ISSUES LRT A Membership Secretary (Dept T06), 38 Wolseley visit to a working museum at Haddon. remembering a key Metrolink figure. Road, Sale M33 7AU, UK. T el: +44 (0)117 951 7785 [email protected] Website: www.lrta.info Supporting a reduction in urban sprawl FOR CORPORATE SuBSCRIPTIONS VISIT Either through choice or necessity, the age of sprawl is coming to an end www.mainspring.co.uk in many countries. The aspiration held by previous generations of a house LRTA REGISTERED OFFICE in the suburbs with two cars in the driveway is dying. In the 21st Century, 138 Radnor Avenue, Welling DA16 2BY, UK. city living and high-quality urban mobility appears more desirable for the Private company limited by guarantee, No. 5072319 masses, and the myth of car ownership as a sign of status is disappearing. in England and Wales. Take Australia (our special focus for this issue) as an example: this huge nation has one LRTA CHAIRMAN – Andrew Braddock of the lowest population densities per square kilometre in the world. But with low-rise [email protected] coastal development forcing suburban development inland, neighbourhoods that were © LRTA 2018 once developed with car dependence in mind have become increasingly disconnected. For the more forward-thinking, these decades of sprawl are now being ‘compacted’ Articles are submitted on the understanding they may also later be used on our websites or other media. A contribution to improve health and productivity, social mobility and quality of life. There is a is accepted on the basis that its author is responsible for the common call amongst the cities we highlight this month – ‘cities are for people, not for opinions expressed in it, and such opinions are not those of cars’. Urban densification is the new order of the day then, and all are using light rail to the LRTA or Mainspring. All rights reserved. reduce congestion, improve the environment and knit together communities. No part of this magazine may be reproduced or transmitted in But other cities around the world are suffering as a result of their inability to adapt any form by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and to the new societal norms. There is little doubt that sprawling cities are a major threat retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from to the planet’s future sustainability, yet functional high-density communities rely on the copyright owner. Multiple copying of the contents of the affordable, attractive mass transit services – and this requires substantial, multi-decade magazine without prior written approval is not permitted. investment. But as communities grow closer, the business case becomes more obvious. In Australia, policies of the past are being rewritten through wise investment and the COVER: The future Hay St/George St crossing and aim of recreating vibrant urban communities. Trams and light rail are at the heart of connection in Sydney – read more about the city’s this transformation. Simon Johnston, Editor tram and metro plans on page 142. Neil Pulling www.tautonline.com . www.lrta.org APRIL 2018 / 123 News Cities reject free transport proposals German politicans consider radical ideas in pursuit of air quality as court allows diesel bans uggestions by German free public transport, additional Government ministers incentives for electric cars and that cities could offer technical retrofitting of vehicles free public transport to to reduce emissions of nitrogen Scombat local emissions have oxide and particulates. been rejected by places intended Operators’ association VDV to lead a pilot. says that before free public The government had said transport is considered, there Bonn, Essen, Herrenburg, must be an expansion of capacity Reutlingen and Mannheim and efficiency with the help could be the ‘lead cities’ in an of public funding. It estimates initiative intended to reduce an additional EUR12bn/year air pollution. However, local in subsidy would be needed as politicians have said the idea is a well as significant investment Essen would have been one of the cities where ‘free’ public transport could be non-starter without funding. in infrastructure. For instance, tested. LRV 5222 (formerly DLR P89 13) is seen in street-running mode. S. Smiler German cities have been Köln (Cologne) carried a consequences, Germany’s certain areas – the expectation under pressure from the record 280.6m passengers in Bundesvweraltungsgericht court is that any restrictions will be European Union over air quality; 2017 and peak-hour services ruled on 27 February that under brought in gradually. and the country’s Environment are overloaded, while the certain circumstances cities The court ruling came Minister, Transport Minister infrastructure through Neumarkt would have the right to ban about due to concerns about and Head of Chancellery wrote in the city centre cannot carry diesel vehicles. This decision air pollution in Düsseldorf a joint letter to EU Environment any more services at peaks. brings the possibility of vehicles and Stuttgart, in the states of Commissioner Karmenu Vella, However, in a development not built to the latest ‘Euro 6’ Nordhrein Westfalen and Baden- proposing low-emission zones, that could have far-reaching standards not being allowed in Württemberg respectively. US budget threatens transit New Starts Dublin Metro by 2027? Dublin could have a ‘Metro Link’ by 2027 under a EUR3bn proposal detailed in ‘Project Ireland 2040’, the Irish government’s National Development Plan 2018-2027. Consultation is expected in early 2018 on an ‘Emerging Preferred Route’ that would see the proposed Metro running from Swords in the north, via Dublin Airport and a tunnel under the centre of Ireland’s capital, to Sandyford in the south. The latter would be reached by utilising the route Sacramento is a city that of the existing Luas Green line.
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