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This is a workspace to collect information about lightrail that could be useful across multiple implementations.

General inspiration links
 * Tram
 * Callipedia Light Rail
 * This Youtube video talks about urban noise sources and makes arguments for dedicated tramway/bike areas. It even mentions trams running over grass resulting in quieter service toward the end. "Grassy tram tracks seem to have started in France but are now used everywhere suitable and can even be retrofitted on existing trackage not shared with rubber-tired vehicles." - P Bowman
 * Light Rail | International Railway Journal
 * Human Transit - The professional blog of public transit consultant Jarrett Walker. in particular, this post: Streetcars - an Inconvenient Truth

Resources about:
 * Rolling stock
 * Alstom


 * Technologies
 * Surface powered trams

Tools:
 * GIS
 * software - QGIS
 * data - City of Peterborough and Census Canada
 * modelling (under investigation)
 * AnyRail and Trainplayer - ran into limits of trial version quickly
 * XTrackCAD
 * Also checking out the Software page on the Digital Command and Control wiki
 * For drawing street profiles online Streetnet

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