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Edinburgh Trams – A Streetcar named Desire?
Professor Iain Docherty delivered an intentionally thought-provoking and determinedly controversial talk about the Edinburgh Tram Project at the Royal Scottish Society of Arts meeting...
A Streetcar named Desire? – A talk about trams 10 October 2011
The Royal Scottish Society of Arts is hosting a talk on Monday evening all about trams.
"A Streetcar Named Desire?
What the Edinburgh Trams fiasco teaches...
Transport Scotland in the driving seat to deliver Edinburgh trams
The Scottish Government has announced that it will help oversee the final delivery of the Edinburgh trams project.
Ministers have also confirmed that the remaining...
Princes Street diversions from 17 September
The diversions previously planned for the start of September are due to take place over the weekend of 17 and 18 September. They will...
Edinburgh Council Meeting 2 September 2011 – Audio report
We spoke with Councillor Gordon Mackenzie the LibDem transport convener, Councillor Lesley Hinds, the Labour transport convener, Councillor Steve Cardownie the SNP group leader...
Edinburgh Trams are go
The council met this morning to discuss one item, and that was trams.
They had just met in full council last week, but it was...
The argument for trams in Edinburgh
The Edinburgh Tram project is probably the most contentious issue the city has dealt with since the building of the Holyrood Parliament, inciting anger...
LIVEBLOG – Council meeting 2 September 2011
The council meets today to decide what they are going to do about the trams. We will bring you the news from the City...
Five things you need to know today
The Council meets this morning at the behest of the Lord Provost who has called a special meeting today only to discuss trams, so...
Views from The City Chambers today
Today we have interviewed the leader of the Conservative Group to find out what he thinks will happen at the special meeting of the...
Council to hold special meeting about trams this week
The City of
Edinburgh Council has today given notice of a special meeting of the Council which has been called by the Lord Provost, to...
Edinburgh Trams – Labouring forward?
There are actually so many puns connected with trams that even the rabbi opening the council proceedings before the council meeting on Thursday could...
Get off at Haymarket! Council decides way forward on trams
The City of Edinburgh Council today passed a motion to stop the trams at Haymarket and give up (at least for now) the idea...
John Carson puts the Tram question to councillors
John Carson stood last Thursday as a candidate for election to the City of Edinburgh Council, but was beaten by the SNP's Alasdair Rankin....
Friends of the Earth welcome the decision on Edinburgh trams
Friends of the Earth Scotland has responded to reports that the City of Edinburgh Council has voted to continue with the Edinburgh trams project...
Trams are go
Councillors tonight voted in favour of continuing with Edinburgh's Tram project, rejecting calls for a referendum on its future.The debate was delayed from earlier...
Five things you need to know today
Today is all about trams. The fate of the transport project is on the agenda at the full council meeting this morning. Whether...
Live Event – Edinburgh Trams
This live event will take place from 12 noon till 2pm on Monday 20 June 2011. The Twitter hashtag is #TERtrams and if you...
Gogar Tram Depot – on track for completion
This week the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) visited the Gogar Tram Depot to see the construction so far. The Edinburgh Reporter...
Trams or what?
The word “trams” has a special meaning to the people of Edinburgh. For more than a decade now the tram project has been the...
Trams boss resigns
tie has today announced the departure of its Chief Executive, Richard Jeffrey.
Jeffrey has been with the project since April 2009 and will step down...
Tram update at Council meeting – 16th May 2011
The tram update meeting came to an abrupt end when the SNP accepted an addendum by Labour.
The addendum stated: "The council instructs the Chief...
Edinburgh Trams – comment from Federation of Small Businesses
Following the announcement from The City of Edinburgh Council that Princes Street would be closed for a further 10 month period from July to...
Tram Consortium update media
Yesterday's press briefing held at The City Chambers Business Centre was aimed at alerting the media to only some of the latest developments of the Edinburgh tram project....
Edinburgh Trams update
The way forward for the Edinburgh Tram project is clearer today according to the Council, with one of the proposals agreed through the mediation...
Edinburgh Reporter chats with Council Leader Jenny Dawe
"I'm most frustrated by the trams," said Council Leader Jenny Dawe when asked about the worst thing that has happened during her time in...
Open Letter : Engineers to Council re trams
We have received an interesting email this afternoon. The following is the text of an open letter from three engineers who are concerned about...
Edinburgh Trams – Information Commissioner’s decision
A recent decision from the Scottish Information Commissioner involves an application by Edinburgh resident, Stephen Vass, to the Information Commissioner asking for a review...
Tram Meeting Attempts to ‘Gag Press’
The workshops designed to create suggestions form residents, traders and indeed any other interested parties, as to how the effects of the tram project...
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