Maybe this is a clue, given the Alstom-Bombardier merger, to what the next lot of Melbourne trams will be based on :
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/germanys-kvb-places-e363m-order-to-procure-64-citadis-type-trams/?utm_source=Army%20Technology&utm_medium=website&utm_campaign=Must%20Read&utm_content=Image
Tony
> On 28 Nov 2020, at 3:37 pm, Mal Rowe mal.rowe@...> wrote:
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> Victoria's DoT has been criticised in a damning report by the Victorian Auditor General for lack of even a plan to meet disability access requirements on trams.
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> The report is at: https://www.audit.vic.gov.au/report/accessibility-tram-services
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> A pdf of the report is at: https://www.audit.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2020-10/20201015-Accessibility-Trams-report.pdf
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> VAGO says that: "DoT does not have conclusive plans for how it will create an accessible tram network, 18 years after DSAPT was established.".
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> The attached chart from the report shows what would be required to meet the legislated targets of stops compliant by 31 Dec 2022 and trams compliant by 31 Dec 2032 compared to current levels of progress.
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> There's an interesting comment on p63 of the report: "An interactive design process is underway for the Next Generation Tram involving major rolling stock manufacturers who are working with DoT to design a tram that will be suitable for Melbourne’s network, as well as meet DSAPT requirements." In a later paragraph there is reference to the need for funding in the 2020-21 budget to allow this to proceed - funding that is now presumably in place.
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> Mal Rowe - who sees this as a landmark report.
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