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We are talking about one 23 meter long vehicle every 5 minutes. In Tallinn - the capital of Estonia they said "no money for mistakes" and ordered 24 meter long trolleybuses and it is cheaper literally at every stage, 17 million per kilometer is ridiculously expensive for a road and 2 million dollars is ridiculously expensive for a bus, even a very long one with a trolleypole, so no it is not "cost efficient"

im impressed, lovely presintation and you earned a subscriber, keep it up, the system looks lovely and it reminds me that a system can be dont cheap yet effective, i hope this becomes a model

Re 7:20 In fact, the interior floors of these trams are completely flat, the floor is not sloped, as is the case with the Citadis Dualis.

We need much more of this in England, Cambridge was supposed to be doing something like this but they want to commit to some weird busway thing

You almost near to my flat

I wish it would be politically acceptable to build mpre trams instead of cramming as many people into double-articulated busses first. it would literally influence the development of the city positively.

2:37 / 5:55 beautiful shot ❤❤

I think they are an eye sore and should copy the last century models

gauge rhymes with sage and wage; /geɪʤ/

What do you mean they "invited" 9 companies instead of 4? Was it not just a public tender that anyone meeting the requirements could enter?

Interesting video and I am pleased to see that Besançon's trams have been restored and look good. Being cheap to construct is an important part of getting a new system up and running. BTW the word "gauge" is pronounced /gāj/ with a long a and no r sound You pronounced it closer to /gôrj/ which sounds like the English word "gorge" (which the English "stole" from French as you use the same word!) I think "au" in french has a more "o" sound English spelling and pronunciation is less reliable than French so you might need to learn that one.

Another thing one can do is piggybacking of a neighboring city, that is what is done today in the tramways surrounding Berlin. they usually buy together with Berlin their Trams, which reduces the cost by a lot. Also some cities (like Berlin) didn't destroy their right of ways many center running separated tramways can be used again, all that would have to be done is clearing the middle from some trees, car parking and a few turning lanes, all which reduces cost because you don't need to completely redesign the street.

The thing about French tram construction, unlike the English speaking world, is that once you complete a project, the workers and expertise can easily move to another one. Here in Australia they're treated as standalone projects, tendered out to construction companies, who tender astronomical prices that still go over budget!

Running trams every 40mins is one of the best ways to discourage ridership. Turns it from a viable option to something you only do as a last resort. Should never be longer than a 20min frequency other than say the extremely early and late services. "Oh let's go out on Sunday." "No worries, I'll get my car keys." "What about that new tram?" "Yeah nah it 9nky runs every 40mins, I'm not sitting for that long waiting for it, twice (to and fro), I can drive and arrive before the next one has even departed!"

meanwhile in Sydney, our govenment spent 2.5 billion dollars, thats almost 2b euros, for a light rail line that is estimated to carry less than half the number over a quarter the distance

Petite correction : le système n'est pas 100% ségrégué. Des sections, notamment sur le quai Veil-Picard et l'avenue Font Argent sont sur des voies partagées avec les voitures pour preserver l'accès pour les résidents. Cependant, cela a été planifié pour ne permettre que la circulation locale et ne ralentit pas le tram. C'est de la meilleure planification que de faire 100% ségrégué, parce que ça réduit encore plus les coûts!

It's so inexpensive to build light rail in France. In the US a similar system would have been over a billion dollars.

Quite frankly I don't understand light rail! Why? Small capacity, large investment (rails, pavement, vehicles), interference with road traffic creating jams, very small speed. In large cities like Paris, it is just a disaster (blocking intersections to raod traffic). All this for what? Using electricity? For small cities, busses (electric ones) offer a much better alternative with much bigger flexibility. Agreed buses offer reduced capacity but there are many articulated buses to reach a better capacity.

What matters most is if the population is happy with the system. If the city users approved it, then it's OK.

Fake London could never do this 💀

Every interesting video between different of tramway or streercar with mix traffic and light rail transit (LRT) tram segregated lane vehicles may not used. just like Quality Bus Corridor as bus lane or busway or side lane of priority signal and sign may used on off-peak hour vehicle may used lane. Bus Rapid Transit is segregated lane use the middle on road and New electric bus or Trolleybus both (QBC)systems. or (BRT)systems.

I've just discovered your channel and I think I love it already. Adding technical details and the history of the rail systems are interesting insights to know. Also the casual tone and places visited are very relaxing and nice to follow. Thanks for brightening my day, and keep it up!

French TECH et c'est beau c'est la cerise sur le cake! merci.

Canberra, the capital city of Australia, has also started building a light rail system, for its population of just shy of half a million. It's somewhat similar to the Besançon system except that it fell into all of the pitfalls that Besançon avoided: - Canberra uses caternary wires at the moment but it will be required to use battery power for part of the under-construction southern extension, to protect the views from Parliament House. - Canberra threw a huge amount of money at landscaping and building very fancy shelters at every stop, and while it's pretty, it's also extremely over the top. - Canberra uses CAF Urbos vehicles, but the cost savings of ordering from CAF are substantially less in Australia because of freight shipping costs (we are, after all, halfway around the world from Spain). Australia builds plenty of trams in Melbourne, because Melbourne has the biggest tram network in the world, and I have no idea why every other state keeps buying European-built trams for their new networks instead of just asking for some extra trams from Melbourne. - Canberra light rail has been hugely successful along its existing corridor, but the costs were astronomical, so construction halted almost completely after that corridor was complete. The former "Stage 2" southern extension has been cut into "Stage 2A" and "Stage 2B", and even the tiny Stage 2A build (only ~2km and 3 stations!) is proving to be a huge inconvenience because of heritage restrictions and several road interchanges that need to be completely rebuilt to accommodate trams. - Stage 2B is also going to be a nightmare because they will need to knock down and rebuild one of the busiest bridges in the city (the bridge is already in need of replacement, but the extra weight of trams would completely destroy it). I have no idea why they didn't start building a completely different tram line instead, like the "Stage 3" far southern line or "Stage 4" east-west line, just to keep the construction workers in jobs. Well, it's probably because they blew the city budget and the Federal Government doesn't care enough about public transport to throw them a lifeline.

There is 3 main problem with trams : They are slow They are not autonomous (not futurproof) They are ugly (look how old trams were more beautiful)

great video, this is what we need in auckland to be honest between parts of the city that are not operated by the suburban rail system and the city, and for a massive part of the city only operated by BRT

That accent lol

For UK watchers at 3:57 Edinburgh slots in around 54 mill per km. If you want to see truly silly though look at the Wolverhampton extension- 50 million to get... 700m, on the surface, in an area not that densely built up.

Toronto, are you watching?

Hey are you guys Switzerland citizens bro? :)

I left this city a while ago, due to climatic incompatibility (too much rain, too much bronchitis...) I didn't find a very efficient public transportation service at that time, because the city doesn't have any major avenues or boulevards and a place like Place Leclerc is often a huge mess. The tram is very slow, but it's the same in Lyon. It is clearly undersized. I doubt he brought much to this city, except for its former mayor... and his whims.😁

Multiple bus unit 😂

Interesting video and great to hear the word 'gadgetbahn' in use!

Nice video! The choice of CAF rolling stock was really controversial given that Alstom is a regional power employer and motors would have been produced locally even, but yeah it made sense in a lowcost context I guess....

Lovely city worth of a visit. Good food too.

Major benefit of tram system is to eztend the existing vehicles whilst keeping the same amount of drivers. Now we see tgat Besancon opted for wrong cheap vehicle so actually it is a bad case what they did and there is nothing to praise there.

Well their tram system ins at limit and needs to be extended meaning the vehicles. But it appears that they have technical flaws. Cracks in joints and can not be extended and the city is in problems. Platforms should also be extended whereas they could have beuilt them from scratch long enough. (Not well thought).

So handsome! Also, the trams... 😉

Beautiful, efficient and cost effective. What do you wants more? Well done!

ChaLEzeule not Chazeule. I know we eat this part of the name :)

so here we have a public transit, as it should be... not oversized, not over fanzy, not one system (tram/bus/subway) and neglect of the others... and they got it cheap done, but not to cheap looking... should be an example for many cities of the same size plagued with congested streets and buses...

I love the Besançon Trams!! Super convenient and pretty fast. The only issue was that they tend to be infrequent especially in August. And the random "travaux d'été.." Coming from Japan it took a while to get used to

The trams of Besançon look like they've always been there. That's how well they were designed to fit the city!

Very interesting, thank you. Türkiye also makes its own trams.

Great video! Really well-made and detailed. Interesting to learn that the bus-only network was 60k pax per day, while now it's 95k.

Very similar to TRAM in Barcelona, Spain. Good solution for the City Transport.

4:42 *Bordeaux

I really enjoyed this video and subscribed! Thanks for sharing this!