Re:A Swiss Lesson in Enlightened Street Design
by wereHamster on Saturday October 05, 2019 @04:22AM
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Can't find the exact location on google maps. But my guess is that there is a tram stop right next to where the person is standing. The fact that the tram blocks the cars is a good thing because it lets people get out without having to worry about getting run over by cars. This would be just one of many ways how tram stops are laid out along the streets. There are many factors that decide how they are built. Perhaps there was not enough space to construct a tram stop, two roads, and two tracks at the same location.
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Re:A Swiss Lesson in Enlightened Street Design
by Faark on Saturday October 05, 2019 @11:25AM
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Found it on maps [0] (well 50m down the road, looking at the camera pos of the article), but it looks totally different. Way more conventional with both tram tracks in the middle of the road and cars outside. StreetView is dated 2014. I wonder when this picture is from.
[0] https://www.google.com/maps/@47.3838561,8.5483138,3a,75y,188...
Re:A Swiss Lesson in Enlightened Street Design
by mcv on Saturday October 05, 2019 @04:30AM
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In Amsterdam, trams stops have a platform for people to get on and off. Is that not a thing in other cities?
Also, if the tram stops cars, then cars also stop the tram, which means delays when car traffic is stuck.
Re:A Swiss Lesson in Enlightened Street Design
by zepearl on Saturday October 05, 2019 @10:52AM
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> In Amsterdam, trams stops have a platform for people to get on and off. Is that not a thing in other cities?
Almost everywhere platforms in Zurich, but with very few exceptions.
> Also, if the tram stops cars, then cars also stop the tram, which means delays when car traffic is stuck.
Trams in Zurich steer the traffic lights (TF) => when a tram nears an intersection the TF will switch to let it pass and when it nears a section of road which is shared with cars that occupy it, the TF in front of the cars will let cars in front of the tram pass to free that section of street / lane so that the tram can pass as well.