Fried_out_Kombi, 9 months ago

I’d also honestly love to see cargo trams like this:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/4ef141d1-3bc4-4f77-b788-bb09de5395d4.png

If we had waaaay fewer cars and if we restored the dense streetcar networks of yore, this could be a feasible option for delivering goods to larger stores (e.g., grocery stores) and to neighborhood cargo hubs, where people could pick up packages directly, or neighborhood electric delivery vehicles and cargo bikes could deliver to the local neighborhood from.

The fact they’re on rails means they’re vastly more predictable in their movement (safer for pedestrians and cyclists), and the fact they have overhead wires means no diesel and no batteries.