A couple of Dutch engineering students invented a device that can be slotted along tram tracks. The gadget will be compressed under the weight of a tram, but not the weight of a bike. I don’t know whether this invention has been implemented anywhere, but it looks very cheap to produce and could be installed (and highlighed) at all the danger spots in the tram network. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXzYQ7uF3BA is a video from 2017, but a quick search of the web hasn’t produced any further information….
Great piece Simon. I seem to remember there has been at least one fatality following a cyclist slipping or falling at a tram line, near Gleadless I think.
A couple of Dutch engineering students invented a device that can be slotted along tram tracks. The gadget will be compressed under the weight of a tram, but not the weight of a bike. I don’t know whether this invention has been implemented anywhere, but it looks very cheap to produce and could be installed (and highlighed) at all the danger spots in the tram network. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXzYQ7uF3BA is a video from 2017, but a quick search of the web hasn’t produced any further information….
Great piece Simon. I seem to remember there has been at least one fatality following a cyclist slipping or falling at a tram line, near Gleadless I think.
Hi David I think you’re correct. I was a long time ago. I can remember the name of the victim but I wouldn’t repeat it in a public forum.