Catenary-free solutions for tramway systems 

look at ottawa's alstom trams, theres your answer :D

Would something akin to a light metro would work? I know they have the monorail, not much for expansion but if they had something like third rail running or even linear enduction that the Skytrain and it’s derivatives run tho they are elevated lines but not heaving capacity as actual metros and no wires. Cause looking how wide the strip is with many car lanes there are going to a street level tram seems dangerous

It might be cheaper due to cost of overhead wire towers and their instalation. The rail installation is already happening, adding a third rail and some cables with electronics can be considerably cheaper then erecting towers every couple meters

Doubt over here. We are in a metro construction spree though

It is in fact safe, we use it on Rio de Janeiro's tram lines and so far no accidents

About 20km/h or 30km/h, it's a tram, what did you expect? It's suposed to be slow

@@allancoelho6905 there are Trams which have a speed of 100 km/h and in my home town even the old M-Wagen trams travel 70km/h

@@Tamwyn107 I'm talking about Alstom Citadis trams, those who use the system mentioned in the video, I've only seen they being deployed on heavily dense areas, surely there are trams that operates like trains but for the system described in the video, that is not the case

Most trams (in Europe) has a max. speed of 70 (maybe 80) km/h, but in built-in areas (as other vehicles) they limited their speed to 50 km/h (for safety reasons). But these with overhead wires.

with snow this would be really great

WHAT DO YOU THINK? BE A BIT SHIT if it STOPPED everytime it rains. YOU MUPPET

Yes. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil use this system. A video during a rainy day: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rgRJBUWDplI.html

​ @davip8269 thanks, do you know how are they preventing the short circuit when the third rail turns on in a puddle?

They are a french company tbh

@@ivanxy996no excuse. They're global

@@markylon True, they are an international company, but compared to a regular French (or frenc company) they have quite good english. Most Frenchman can't speak english, and even if they can they won't, because they are to stubborn (cause they don't want to speak in their largest nemesis's language who built the largest and strongest colonial empire (instead of them).

@@ivanxy996You would think that a global company dealing with Trains and all things safety would be able to spell BRAKES correctly. It show's lack of attention which means what else are they not paying attention to.

Non

@@sajdomane2260 oh que si

Je suis dans un autre compte

C'est un beau tram

Oui

No? So I suggest you take a look at Rio de Janeiro's Light Rail System, which has been working really well with the catenary-free system since 2016. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rgRJBUWDplI.html