Thriving tram networks in Toronto and Melbourne | Letters

The survival and expansion of Toronto’s trams, on a continent enamoured with the private automobile, casts doubt on Christian Wolmar’s argumentChristian Wolmar (In praise of the tram: how a love of cars killed the workers’ transport system, 6 June) fails to mention Toronto, Canada, where trams have flourished since 1861 without the setbacks encountered in Britain.At present the city has 247 trams operating on 11 routes spanning 82 kilometres, carrying 90 million passengers each