Today’s video is the climax of Part One & Two, how can we finally reintegrate light rail to the streets of Belfast for the first time in almost 70 years.
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Intro 0:00
Background 01:31
Route Analysis 02:53
Additional Considerations 11:43
Why Are We Here? 12:48
The Numbers 14:22
Conclusion 20:49
Outro 22:02
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20 Comments
Great video as always.
I wholeheartedly agree with this proposal, and I especially like the idea of removing urban motorways.
Trams are what cities need.
Great stuff Nine, Really well made, good use of the AI imagery.
Another fantastic video cant wait for Belfast to get light rail again im a Dubliner the luas trams now carry over 40+million passangers per year yet we had a lot of nimbys and whingers against the network saying it was a waste of money yet it came in on budget something never happens with other major progects here loved the video hope your great ideas become a reality
I remember being on a tram in Castle Place. Trams need both overhead and ground infrastructure. The old Trolleybuses only needed overhead, and you got a free light show to go with it.
The Luas Light Rail system in Dublin carries nearly as many passengers as the entire Irish Rail network and this includes the very busy DART system. People want trams and will use them. Light Rail is being planned for Cork which is smaller than Belfast. So GLR is no brainer.
Just a note, the North-South Glider plan was extended from the Park & Ride at Cairnshill, up to the near town of Carryduff. Would love to see your interpretation of how a “G3” route would be mapped, as well as a G2 extension. Great video!
Awesome video!
Great video. Would love a tram or five in Belfast. Would love a video on the proposed route for glider to Carryduff covering how the route would deal with the numerous pinch points along this route. If the G3 and the Ballynahinch bypass were ever built my daily commute would be approximately 30 minutes faster per day!! My only point about closing the westlink sliproads is that it would make access to the hospitals and access for delivery vehicles very difficult
Also that Taxpayer accent was spot on and very unexpected ahaha.
We also need an overhaul and rethink on the Belfast bikes. There's not enough setdown locations nor maintenance on the bikes themselves.
Do I remember hearing that you'd managed to lay your hands on the NINE proposal? Might it be an idea for a video to go over those proposals and compare how well they match to what you are today proposing?
Great video!!! Very informative and shows a very positive vision for a new, vibrant Belfast as a key part of a broader rethinking of the city with pedestrianisation, covering over the Westlink (think Rose Kennedy park in Boston), maybe eventually uncovering the Farset River in High Street, future parks beside St Anne's, bridges in Sailortown, new stations and a Circle Line rail network, etc etc etc… hopefully those in power are watching.
It would be great see how the GLR (or Luas Belfast) would be completed with the Glider line that heads west and the lines planned for north and south Belfast, with City Hall acting as a central hub to which the spokes converge. Also potential lines that reuse former rail lines, ie the Comber greenway (sorry walkers and cyclists, but needs must!!).
When gvs is closed and all nir traffic is moved to lanyon / central the glider will get more passengers as people will need a way into the city
Hi there. Even though I subscribed and clicked the bell icon, YouTube failed to notify me of this upload. (Just so you know)
Take it from a former Toronto girl, where street cars have been kept throughout the city's history, they are not wonderful. Traffic is still an absolute nightmare (even when combined with a subway system) because anyone who can afford to drive still will, and as for the trams themselves, they usually freeze in winter and stink of sweat in summer, and the tracks are murder for cyclists, sometimes literally.
Mmm..IMO placing the trams in and replacing the 2 inner road lanes is a feasible one (as per many continental cities eg Amsterdam). Also an inner Belfast congestion charge (as in London). We have to get by carrot and stick, people out of their selfish polluting cars in inner cities.
noice (came from yt recommend)
I'm very supportive of this, I'd so love to see Belfast Pedestrianised and the transit system upgraded
Have you considered the novel cost cutting tram technologies being developed for the nascent Coventry Very Light Rail system at BCIMO in Dudley, West Midlands? The low-cost track system might be particularly appropriate.
The only things I've ever thought about to make Belfast get more attraction was building an underground railway system, making the buildings taller and look like they're from New York & refurbishing the obel tower to look like the old WTC and giving it 28 more floors.
Excellent video. Let's hope someone at DFI pays attention. Their apparent veneration of Robert Moses suggests they will do their best to remain in the 20th Century. Unfortunately for everyone.
Have followed several of "FundTheNINE's" vids and enjoyed all.
Those interested in assorted transit topics will find several on YouTube, two of my favorites are Reese Martin at "RM Transit" and Jago Hazzard.
Oooo ok