Which rail transport system is more efficient for a city with a population between 100,000 and 200,000?

Trams are best for smaller towns and cities. This is the case in Germany and other European countries. In Germany the trams run on the road within towns and on reserved tracks between towns or in the suburbs of larger cities. Traffic lights at junctions are arranged so that they give the trams priority. Also motorists must give way to passengers boarding and alighting. Motorists in Germany seem to accept this without complaint. Trams are the most efficient urban mass transport carriers and are widely used, even in Germany which has a high level of car ownership. An intensive service combined with high capacity and cheap fares ensures their popularity as a means of getting around. Underground systems work best for the major cities with populations of around 1 million or more, though these may have light rail on the surface as well, e.g. Cologne, Berlin.

It is one of the light rail systems. The modern ones are by far not as noisy as the old tram systems. There exists in France in a city of similar size (don´t remember the name of the city, sorry) a system on rubber wheels, wich talkes the electricity from underground lines. Those are switched on/off byy the tram in a way, that only the part directely below the tram has electricity. This means no danger to people crossing the street or to cars. If you are further interested, look into the pages of www.alstom.fr or com www.siemens.com www.caf.com or fr Those are the main producers of light rail Hope this helps to convince townhall! For a wide acceptance, the trains must run every 15 minutes minimum, in peak hours 7.5 minutes!

wow, tough call but subways have to be horrendously expensive. But then obtaining the property to build an entire new line would be almost impossible. If there is above ground railroad or highway property or transportation corridors that would be the best and most efficient way by far.