Welcome to a selection of important literature on Light Rail

by James J. Harkins MCIT MILT
Managing Director, Transport & Training Services Ltd, Warrington, Cheshire, England.

The author permits quotations to be taken from these articles providing an acknowledgement is given.

Options for the new Mersey Crossing.

A presentation on the advantages of including a light rail link into the proposed new River Mersey crossing.

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Low cost methods for affordable and sustainable Light Rail.

"Life today is inconceivable without motorised transport. However if transport is allowed to develop totally free, it will end up seriously endangering our society as traffic, congestion and pollution are now showing. So maintaining healthy living conditions must become our top priority. When transport related interests clash or impose restraint on each other, the greater political good must be served by allocating priority to the appropriate interest". Reinhard Klimmit, Federal Minister of Transport, West Germany, 1960

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Transport Related Emissions and Environmental Impact.

Pollution and congestion in the world today.

Road transport has brought enormous benefits. It has been central to the UK’s substantial growth in GDP, and brought greater personal freedom to millions. This development regrettably has also had its downsides. Road transport is a significant contributor to severe noise pollution, predominately in the form of the urban traffic roar. The climate is changing around the globe for the worst This is a scenario that cannot continue indefinitely.

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Affordable Electricity

"Electricity? Or Trams beyond the wire!"

A look at possible future developments beyond the overhead.

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