Tramway Renaissance in Western Europe

Dejan Petkov is a transport planning officer in Darmstadt and focuses on public transport planning and policy issues. He received his doctoral degree from the Technical University of Darmstadt.

• A socio-technical framing of the tramway renaissance.- Characteristics of the international tramway renaissance.- The gradual and multifaceted development of tramway systems in Germany.- The emergence of the modern French tramway as a socio-technical novelty.- The uneven path of tramway development in England.- Appropriation of tramway and light rail technology.