> I know Melbourne very well, but admit to being unacquainted with
> development in the last couple of decades.
The big issue is that in the busiest tram streets in the CBD (Swanston
St and Elizabeth St) the block size means that only one '30 metre plus'
tram at a time can be in a stop.
That would mean very slow journeys through what is already the slowest
section of north-south routes.
Flinders St, Collins St and Bourke St can handle more trams because the
block lengths are longer.
William St copes because it usually only has one route (58) in it.
Elizabeth St has congestion at the stub terminus - not easily changed
because there are large brick arched drains just below asphalt level on
both side of the tramway at Flinders St. That is compounded by the D2s -
as long trams.
Mal Rowe amateur geographer
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