@GLUASLightRail

Campaigning for a light rail solution to Galway's traffic congestion. https://xitter.cf/t.co/g8XBFxlzqu

 Galway, Ireland
Joined February 2018
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It’s a railway, Jim, but not as we know it. Just travelled the length of Wuppertal’s famous Schwebebahn, opened in 1901. What a wonderful piece of urban transport.
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#Galway? Attn: @GalwayCityCo, @GalwayCoCo xitter.cf/simongerman600/status/…
Simon Kuestenmacher
@simongerman60023 May 2018
Might sound like a platitude but it's most important to remember when building infrastructure. The old Romans knew that and built beautiful aqueducts instead of ugly water-transportation-pipes. Beauty is more important to a city than you might first realize...
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#Ireland #AMOC #ClimateChange xitter.cf/rahmstorf/status/10010…
Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf 🌏 🦣@rahmstorf28 May 2018
The famous northern Atlantic is a prediction come true. Here is why we believe it is caused by a slowdown of the Gulf Stream System. realclimate.org/index.php/ar…

RealClimate: If you doubt that the AMOC has weakened, read this

RealClimate: A few weeks ago, we’ve argued in a paper in Nature that the Atlantic overturning circulation (sometimes popularly dubbed the Gulf Stream System) has weakened significantly since the late...

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Why #ClimateChange / #GlobalWarming brings more rain… xitter.cf/rahmstorf/status/10011…
Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf 🌏 🦣@rahmstorf28 May 2018
Und warum die globale Erwärmung mehr Extremregen bringt habe ich hier erklärt: scilogs.spektrum.de/klimalou… tagesschau.de/inland/unwette…

Warum die globale Erwärmung mehr Extremregen bringt - KlimaLounge

Die Gewitterfront der vergangenen Tage sei kein Beweis für den Klimawandel, wurde kürzlich ein Meteorologe zitiert. Trivial wahr aber nichtssagend, und

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#LightRail: "support for public transport from organisations that have often been much less supportive in the past. One submission that’s particularly interesting is that from the Automobile Association" NZ🇳🇿 xitter.cf/GreaterAKL/status/1000…
Greater Auckland@GreaterAKL28 May 2018
AA Members Support Light Rail greaterauckland.org.nz/2018/…
Safe to say the light rail is a hit. #UNCC #UNCC2CLT
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Rail-Guru@RailTravelGuru20 Mar 2018
The #Charlotte #Lynx "Blue Line" light #rail system just opened an extension that doubles its length. The added line extends to the #UNC - University of North Carolina Charlotte campus rail-guru.com/?p=1908
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23km light rail line and 17km "trambus" planned for #Quebec. xitter.cf/railjournal/status/975…
IRJ@railjournal19 Mar 2018
Light rail at heart of Quebec City's $C 2.9bn transport plan ow.ly/WfRc30j223T
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Tánaiste @SimonCoveney talks light rail for Cork; but will it happen soon enough? xitter.cf/CorkEveningEcho/status…
EchoLive.ie
@echolivecork16 Mar 2018
The Cork Docklands will make a light rail system viable eveningecho.ie/corknews/The-…
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"Light rail is an essential element of any sustainable solution to the chronic traffic congestion problems in Galway"—Catherine Connolly TD advertiser.ie/galway/article… #Galway #Transit
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John Breslin@johnbreslin22 Feb 2018
Gluas chair hits back at light rail 'inefficient solution' comments Galway Advertiser - 51m ago advertiser.ie/galway/article…
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Montreal, pop 1.5 million, is building the world's third-largest #lightrail system. news.trust.org/item/20180221… #UrbanTransit #ClimateAction @C40Cities
"Tram or bus; which is the most accident-prone? Buses have 2-3 times more accidents with passengers and third parties than trams." xitter.cf/TramWorld/status/96600…
Tramworld@TramWorld20 Feb 2018
Tramway ou autobus; lequel fait le plus d'accident? Les autobus font de 2 à 3 fois plus d'accidents avec les voyageurs et les tiers que les tramways. STIB Chiffres Statistiques 2016 stib-mivb.be/irj/go/km/docs/…
Besançon tramway, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France – opened 2014 #LightRail #Transit
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#Tram and #LightRail in Karlsruhe, Germany youtu.be/nUMhnMzyLcc via @YouTube
An interesting read ahead of our upcoming “Future of Transport” episode… Thoughts? irishtimes.com/news/ireland/…

Project Ireland 2040: the infrastructure plan’s main points

Two plans to set out infrastructure priorities and plan regional development

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Atlanta Streetcar, Atlanta Georgia, operational December 2014 #LightRail #Transit
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"Light rail is an essential element of any sustainable solution to the chronic traffic congestion problems in Galway"—Catherine Connolly TD advertiser.ie/galway/article… #Galway #Transit
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#LightRail Waterloo, Ontario xitter.cf/rideIONrt/status/96418…
Stage 2 ION@Stage2ION15 Feb 2018
More testing taking place today! If you spot the train, share your view using #myIONthetrain.
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