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Why trackless trams are ready to replace light rail

  • Written by Peter Newman, Professor of Sustainability, Curtin University
CRRC Zhuzhou Institute developed the rubber-tyred autonomous rail transit (ART) system, or trackless tram, which has already been trialled in Zhuzhou, ChinaWikimedia, CC BY-SA

I began my life as an activist academic in 1979 when the Western Australian government closed the Fremantle railway, saying buses would be better. Patronage immediately fell...

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