Advances in Light Rail Technology

Recent years have seen much progress in virtually every aspect of light rail and streetcar technology and performance.1 This progress is largely as a result of advances in electronics, software and materials. It is playing a major role in making such rail systems more attractive to both users and transit operators, and it has been a major factor in the surge of expansion of existing systems and the construction of entirely new systems that has been taking place throughout much of the world during the past several decades.