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Ultra Light Rail: where there's political will, there's a way
Imagine there was a public transport system that could be powered by any locally-produced sustainable energy, was cheaper to install than conventional trams and could carry more people per driver than a bus. Maybe one day, in some far off eco-friendly future?
Clive Hinchcliffe
Not so. Clive Hinchcliffe, business development manager at sustainable transport consultancy Sustraco, says it already exists: Ultra-Light rail (ULR). Sustraco, or Sustainable Transport Company to give it its formal name, is on a mission to bring ULR to the world. But so far, the world isn’t really listening.
"Once somebody has tried the system, we believe it will go up like a balloon and there will be no stopping it," Clive says.
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