From MARK HODSON
The achievements of Mayor Jaime Lerner (Forum, 13 June) in recycling
and transport planning are evidently quite extraordinary. In recycling the
‘bus’ shown in the photographs, the Curitiba authorities have evidently
decided to add bogies with flanged wheels, couplings, a trolley pole, and
all the other attributes necessary to turn it into an even more environmentally
sound form of transport – an electric tram.
Perhaps this same technology could be profitably employed by some of
the British cities now busily replacing their buses with rail-based transport
. . . ?
Mark Hodson Rijswijk The Netherlands
