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Tech magazine promotes trams as public transport for the future

Wired, a publication whose raison d’etre is the dissemination of information on the latest technology trends, took time out in April to give support to the humble tram as a sensible public transport option. Rik Thomas reports

Rik Thomas
13 April 2018
Edinburgh’s tram scheme was portrayed as a success story in the Wired article
Edinburgh’s tram scheme was portrayed as a success story in the Wired article

 

Strong backing for the tram as an efficient mode of public transport in the UK appeared in a rather surprising source on 9 April – the high technology magazine Wired.

“The UK used to be covered in trams, with networks in virtually every city and town, but now just eight (or six, depending on what you include) British metro areas use a light-rail system,” technology journalist Nicole Kobie began. “[But] could they be set for a comeback?

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