Here's how to make green #transit even greener. Put the tram tracks on a carpet of grass or sedum. 2 kms of track creates 1.5 football fields' worth of green space, reducing air pollution and urban heat island effect. A tram-on-the-lawn thread: 🚋🌱🧵 1/ Milan #Milano
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2/ Schiedam, pop. 80,000, in the #Netherlands. (via @modacitylife )
@grescoe Green for the sake of green is not good. Lawns in particular are pretty bad for ecosystems and really stress water systems. If we want to do things to actually help then it should be done with native species relevant to the area.
@grescoe Are there any downsides to this method? In the US I always see large gravel under the tracks. Would love to see more greenery