{"id":64994,"date":"2026-11-01T11:00:36","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T11:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=64994"},"modified":"2026-11-01T09:48:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T09:48:43","slug":"uktram-join-discussions-at-urban-tram-forum-in-brussels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=64994","title":{"rendered":"UKTram join discussions at Urban Tram Forum in Brussels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>James Hammett, UKTram Managing Director, recently headed to Brussels to join the 2026 Urban Tram Forum (UTF) where representatives from across the world met to discuss challenges facing systems.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>There was a particularly focus on safety, operations and the interaction between trams and other road users during the two day event which was hosted by STIB-MIVB, Brussels\u2019 Public Transport Operator.<\/p>\n<p>STIB gave presentations about their network and operations as well as providing site visits that offered an opportunity to see the extensive transport system in the city.<\/p>\n<p>A range of topics were discussed by delegates. This included climate resilience, cyclist and pedestrian interfaces, trap and drag prevention, and disruption management.<\/p>\n<p>James Hammett said: \u201cThe Urban Tram Forum offers a great opportunity to hear how colleagues around the world are approaching many of the challenges we face across light rail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat stands out is the openness of the discussions and the willingness of everyone involved to share their experiences, including lessons learned along the way. There\u2019s a great deal we can take from these conversations and feed back into our Functional Groups for the benefit of UKTram members.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Hammett, UKTram Managing Director, recently headed to Brussels to join the 2026 Urban Tram Forum (UTF) where representatives from across the world met to discuss challenges facing systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[97],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64994"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64994"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64994\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64995,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64994\/revisions\/64995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}