President of Łódź, Hanna Zdanowska, tweeted, that after 2 years of conflict for a section of Kiliński Street (because not for the full route, there is no specified good) the tram came back. Finally, line 1. Success! But are you sure?
In our opinion, success is far away. Tram, he is back, but it is simply a typical streetcar for an alibi, a tram for no one, driving from nowhere to nowhere, and actually serving only to annoy residents. Why specified a harsh judgment?
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The main traffic generators, specified as large housing estates, are inactive cut off from it – the Lowers and the Baltics in the north and Zarzew, Dąbrowa and Chojny in the south of the city.
The tram connects the sideline behind the Old Town Park's blood donation center with the mill Station (it's fundamentally the only point on the map worth to catch) and ends its run somewhere between Tymieniecki and Millionth Streets. Who will be curious in his confederate section reaching Priest Mill? At most, lost movie students who have not yet bought a car.
Let's face it – the seldom moving tram in traffic is not an attractive alternate to individual motorization.
For this tram line to begin to fulfil its role, it will gotta wait until 2025, erstwhile it yet reaches (maybe) the Lowers. Yes, this year we will run out of virtually a fewer meters of track on Franciszkańska Street, so that the line connects to the Polish Army street. Yes – it's hard to believe!
In the south it is even worse – the street line Dąbrowskiego street tram will scope the fastest in a year and a half, and the tip on Chojny alternatively not earlier than in 2028. We'll be old and grey by then.
Tram for the Patient
It reduces the frequency of courses – at the end of all 15-20 minutes during rush hours, with a late bill, it besides fits beautifully into the communication on the alibi.
photo by Łukasz KamińskiWhy the delay? On Kilińskiego Street, we have a string of standing and kicking cars (commonly called a traffic jam) at the intersection with the W-Z route, due to the fact that the section between Wigura Street and the avenue of Marshal Piłsudski is not excluded from the traffic. Smaller local congestion besides occurs on another episodes.
Here we decision smoothly to explain why at the beginning of the article it was written about «dreasing residents”. Why shouldn't specified wonderful news of the return of the tram traffic make them happy? due to the fact that specified a tram is unnecessary to them. They won't get anywhere, nor have time to usage it.
Newer ending renovation
We have large renovations, we gotta exhaust ourselves – they said...
A fewer more years and it'll be fine – they said...
A fewer years have passed... It's not good.
What went wrong?
We bought a communicative about ,,over fatigue” and the bright future that is to follow.
What are we missing? knowing the fact that renovations, even great, is not any magical ,,sacrifice and ascension” of the city, followed by a millennium of perfect order. Repair is simply a average part of urban life. If something's built, it'll should be renovated in a small while.
We'll never get to the perfect state. It is so crucial to organise work so that the city can function usually next to them.
If the ongoing renovations were better considered by modifying any details, it would be possible to supply efficient communication on Kiliński Street. For example, if the streets of Kilińskiego and Pomerania were connected in advance with a full strategy of turns, it would be possible to release a frequently moving line from Lumumbów (the common name of the student settlement in Łódź – ed.), via Kilińskiego Street to ,,, Unicorn Stations" (interchange centre at the W-Z – ed.) and Retkinia.
But in order for this to work well, 1 has to consider limiting car traffic on Kilińskiego Street and introduce a real precedence for tram traffic in light signals (green wave).
Instead, we have a weak prosthetic. The high-performance and high-speed public transport, which is the tram, was simply put into traffic.
What's the moral of that?
Every renovation must be planned in advance to maximise the usage of the remaining, usable infrastructure.
When planning renovations for the coming years, let us take into account that during the course of these repairs there should be an emergency infrastructure (e.g. additional turns on tram lines), which may be useful for subsequent repairs.
What next renovations? – ask.
We will answer: The ones we will lead in 5, 10, 15, 20 and 30 years.
So let's not buy any more stories about a bright, perfect future.
Let us carefully look at plans for major renovations and request efficient transport – here and now!
Without this, we will all be stuck in traffic – along with trams.
