>>1625207Here in Europe in the 50/60/70s the streetcar trams (the ones that share the road with vehicles, fell out of favour with city planners because the car would solve all future transportation needs. However 20 years later, with city centers clogged with cars and ancient buildings turning black from the exhaust gasses. Planners and policy makers went full reverse again. First with renovating the few lines that still were operating. And since the early 2000s opening new lines all over Europe once again. Predominantly the light rail variant, that mostly operates on its own track and at most shares it with busses. It is faster than a bus or the steetcar variant cheaper than a full size train/metro and works well to replace high volume bus lines or connecting sattelite towns to bigger cities.
