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The index below lists the Discussion Documents currently available.

LRTA Discussion Documents have been drawn up under the auspices of the Association's Development Group and cover most issues involved in the selection of light rail and tramway systems, vehicle and infrastructure, design and technology choices and considerations, operational practices and experience and other issues of interest to those campaigning for improved public transport or in environmental or urban planning issues related to transport.

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Please note that Discussion Documents 1 - 19 are only available as HTML, 20 - 36 as HTML and PDF (linked from the HTML page while 37 onwards are only as PDF files.

Discussion Documents Index
No.Topic - click to choose Date+
001The Kerb Guided Bus - How Real Are Its Advantages?03/03 
002"Mass Transit : Bus Rapid Transit Shows Promise"03/03 
003Do Tunnels Solve Transport Problems?04/03 
004Cardiff: Stadium One, Transit Nil.05/03 
005Bring Streetcars Back To Your Town.06/03 
006Shared Rail Infrastructure Holds Promise07/03 
007Congestion Charging - Has Britain Scored An Own Goal?08/03 
008Light Rail - Is It Really A Costly Failure?09/03 
009Going Back To The Future On A Tram 10/03 
010Bus Rapid Transit:"Not The Way To Go"11/03 
011Tram Power - A New Method12/03 
012Light Rail - Credit Where It's Due01/04 
013Contrasting Transit Networks And Their Energy Requirements02/04 
014Light Rail - Its Fight For Survival03/04 
015Could A Heritage Tramway Be Suitable For Your Town?04/04 
016Transit Developments : Which Way Forward?05/04 
017Public Transport : Is Britain The Only Place "In-Step"?06/04 
018Light Rail: Are The Benefits Too Expensive?07/04 
019"Trams Not Jams"07/04 
020Light Rail: Passengers Now Relegated To A Rear Seat08/04 
021Urban Transit : Forget Quality, Think Cost09/04 
022Traffic And Transit : "Wait For Things To Go Wrong"10/04 
023Dual-Mode Transit : Improved Penetration, Lower Cost11/04 
024Light Rail Transit : Light At The End Of The Tunnel12/04 
025Urban Transit : "The Bullet Bus"01/05 
026Light Rail : A Serious Short-Fall In Funding02/05 
027Supertram - Will It Ride-Out The Storm?03/05 
028Light Rail In Our Cities - The Need Is Here Now04/05 
029Ultra Light Rail (ULR) - Has Its Time Come?05/05 
030Urban Transit - Opinions Still Poles Apart06/05 
031Hobson's Choice For Leeds! Tax Cars Or Lose Supertram07/05 
032Is It "High Noon" For Light Rail Transit?. 08/05 
033Leeds Supertram : "Simply Running Out Of Time" . 09/05 
034Light Rail : "If You Can't Beat Em', Join Em'". 10/05 
035Why Is Britain Not Ready For Light Rail?. 11/05 
036Leeds Supertram - What The Papers Say!. 11/05 
037Light Rail? Yes ! But Who Pays?. 12/05 
038Supertram - What The Public Think. 12/05 
039Light Rail Policy Change - 'A Whitehall Farce'!. 01/06 
040UK's Supertram Schemes 'Bite The Dust'. 10/06 
041Leeds Tram 602 - 1953 To 2006 And Beyond. 10/06 
042Supertram - Have Lessons Been Learned?. 01/07 
043Bus Resurgence That Eventually Fails. 03/07 
044Capital Cities In Western Europe With Urban Type Tramways. 04/07 
045Quality Transit And A Hidden Agenda. 05/07 
046Urban Transit : What Chance A Reversal Of Policy?. 06/07 
047Congestion Without Supertram : Don't Follow Leeds. 07/07 
048Trolley Buses - A Second Time Around In Leeds. 08/07 
049False Economy In Urban Transit. 09/07 
050Supertram - Is It Now A Political Football?. 09/07 
051Toronto - Welcome To Transit City. 10/07 
052Light Rail : Is It Good Value For Money?11/07 
053Light Rail - 'Technology Will Always Get Us Off The Hook In The Nick Of Time'12/07 
054'Modern Street Cars Are More Efficient Than Buses'01/08 
055Transit : Two Yorkshire Cities With Completely Different Requirements02/08 
056Road Rage, And Not A Tram In Sight03/08 
057Long Distance Trams For Leeds? Latest03/08 

These Discussion Documents have previously been circulated to LRTA officers and other interested parties and may have comments attached. If you have comments about these Discussion Documents please mail to discussion@lrta.org. Your comments plus any other responses will be added to the Discussion Document (at the Webmasters discretion). This will be indicated by "+" in the "+" column. The source of the information will be indicated unless otherwise requested. Any other changes or additions will be indicated by a # mark.

For more details about these Discussion Documents and/or Light Rail please contact:

Brian Lomas, LRTA Development Officer,
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