Futurology is littered with predictions that failed to materialise, not least in the field of transport technology. In Edwardian times, when public transport was largely powered by horse or steam, a ...

Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) will expand dedicated lanes for buses and taxis across the emirate over the next two years and is studying a new trackless tram system at eight locations, a ...

Trackless trams are vehicles larger than buses that drive on city roads. They provide higher rider capacity than buses, more like light rail, and less air pollution. They are currently being tested in ...

I began my life as an activist academic in 1979 when the Western Australian government closed the Fremantle railway, saying buses would be better. Patronage immediately fell by 30% and I ran a ...

Maryam Nawaz, the chief minister of Pakistan's Punjab, recently unveiled South Asia's first trackless tram, touted as a "subway on wheels." This innovative, solar-powered metro system, imported from ...

“This is incredible! China is testing it’s [sic] new autonomous electric train that does not need traditional tracks. It runs on a virtual track. Can go everywhere.” On May 19, Erik Solheim, a former ...

A Greenpeace video of me plugging a trackless tram that went viral with 4 million hits has caused a few eyebrows to be raised over whether I think light rail is dead. So let me be clear: light rail ...

The Punjab government has announced a plan to introduce tram-like trackless electric buses as part of a new sustainable public transport initiative. Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has directed the ...

The comprehensive study for the rollout of Dubai’s self-driving trackless tram system will be concluded by middle of next year, or as early as first quarter of 2026, a senior official from Dubai’s ...

The Nationalist Party believes that a trackless tram or a similar form of dedicated rapid transit system would be the best way to help tackle the traffic problems in the country in the long term, the ...