A look at roadside tram stops in Melbourne: why they exist, how to not get run over at them, and how to not run people over at them.My voiceover in this vide...
TIL Melbourne has the largest tram system in the world, mainly because they didn’t dismantle it in the 1950s like most of the rest of the English-speaking world did.
The largest tram system in the world looks a bit sad, my random german city with 1/10 the population of Melbourne has 30 Mio. more riders annually on its trams.
They really need more interconnections and maybe some ring routes.
TIL Melbourne has the largest tram system in the world, mainly because they didn’t dismantle it in the 1950s like most of the rest of the English-speaking world did.
I also particularly liked this part that goes into the history of streets (and trams). pointing out that streets aren’t actually “for cars” and never have been.
The largest tram system in the world looks a bit sad, my random german city with 1/10 the population of Melbourne has 30 Mio. more riders annually on its trams.
They really need more interconnections and maybe some ring routes.
Yeah unfortunately the trams and trains used to be competitors so there are a lot of places the trams don’t interconnect intentionally.
Phillip Mali’s did a video about it many moons ago.